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    4,155 Downloads  5,866 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    4,072 Downloads  6,012 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    4,204 Downloads  6,136 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    3,013 Downloads  4,793 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    4,261 Downloads  7,165 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    8,886 Downloads  12,797 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    3,681 Downloads  5,323 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    5,157 Downloads  11,376 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    3,640 Downloads  6,181 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    3,772 Downloads  5,905 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    3,064 Downloads  5,354 Views   Citations
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