Volume 3, Number 2, May 2013 (Special Issue on )

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Clinical Analysis of Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Disease Diagnosed as Coincidental Pulmonary Infection Due to Mycobacterium Species* ()

Yoshihiro Kobashi, Keiji Mouri, Yasushi Obase, Shigeki Kato, Mikio Oka

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32016  4,048 Downloads  5,690 Views   Citations
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Sleep Quality among Hispanics of Mexican Descent and Non-Hispanic Whites: Results from the Sleep Health and Knowledge in US Hispanics Study ()

Xavier Soler, Carolina Diaz-Piedra, Wayne A. Bardwell, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Lawrence A. Palinkas, Joel E. Dimsdale, Jose S. Loredo

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32015  3,981 Downloads  5,811 Views   Citations
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Mir-21 Regulation of MARCKS Protein and Mucin Secretion in Airway Epithelial Cells ()

W. Randall Lampe, Shijing Fang, Qi Yin, Anne L. Crews, Joungjoa Park, Kenneth B. Adler

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32014  4,081 Downloads  5,925 Views   Citations
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Therapeutic Administration of Mycobacterium bovis BCG Killed by Extended Freeze-Drying Modulates Airway Inflammation in a Chronic Murine Model of Asthma ()

Micheline Lagranderie, Jeroen Alfons Juliette Vanoirbeek, Bernardo Boris Vargaftig, Pierre-Marie Guyonvarc’h, Gilles Marchal, Xavier Roux

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32013  2,912 Downloads  4,628 Views   Citations
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The Diagnostic and Prognostic Value of Serum Procalcitonin among Ventilator Associated Pneumonia Patients* ()

Ashraf Abd El Halim, Adel Attia, Taysser Zytoun, Hosam Eldeen Salah

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32012  4,087 Downloads  6,776 Views   Citations
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A Case of DIPNECH and Review of the Current Literature ()

Patrick D. Mitchell, Marcus P. Kennedy, Michael T. Henry

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32011  8,717 Downloads  12,463 Views   Citations
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Resistance Measured by Airflow Perturbation Compared with Standard Pulmonary Function Measures ()

Tania Haque, Jafar Vossoughi, Arthur T. Johnson, Wanda Bell-Farrell, Thomas Fitzgerald, Steven M. Scharf

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32010  3,568 Downloads  5,136 Views   Citations
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Genetic Implications in COPD. The Current Knowledge ()

Ioannis Sotiriou, Demosthenes Makris

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32009  4,953 Downloads  10,970 Views   Citations
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Vitamin A, Vitamin E, Lutein and β-Carotene in Lung Tissues from Subjects with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Emphysema ()

Michael W. Schäffer, Somdutta Sinha Roy, Shyamali Mukherjee, Salil K. Das

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32008  3,500 Downloads  5,892 Views   Citations
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Churg-Strauss Syndrome Revealed by Acute Coronary Artery Disease: A Case Report* ()

Maurice Estivals, Marc Périé, Daniel Colombier, Bruno Farah

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 17, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32007  3,580 Downloads  5,553 Views   Citations
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Differential Mechanisms of the Effect of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Agonists on Bleomycin-Induced Lung Fibrosis ()

Keisuke Miyamoto, Sadatomo Tasaka, Yasushi Nakano, Hiromi Shinoda, Hirofumi Kamata, Wakako Yamasawa, Makoto Ishii, Naoki Hasegawa, Tomoko Betsuyaku

Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 17, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32006  2,963 Downloads  5,127 Views   Citations
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