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

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DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32016  3,905 Downloads  5,532 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

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DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32015  3,799 Downloads  5,572 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

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DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32014  3,918 Downloads  5,739 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

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DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32013  2,782 Downloads  4,484 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

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DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32012  3,938 Downloads  6,572 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

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DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32011  8,310 Downloads  11,968 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

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DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32010  3,451 Downloads  4,994 Views   Citations

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Genetic Implications in COPD. The Current Knowledge

Ioannis Sotiriou, Demosthenes Makris

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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

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DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32008  3,358 Downloads  5,723 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

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DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32007  3,385 Downloads  5,313 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

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DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32006  2,833 Downloads  4,978 Views   Citations

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