To investigate whether the inflammatory process in peripheral airways is different in
smokers who develop symptoms of chronic bronchitis and chronic airflow limitation and in …

To characterize the inflammatory process in the bronchial glands of smokers with chronic
sputum production, we examined lobar bronchi from 18 subjects undergoing lung resection for …

BACKGROUND: As many as 80% of patients with asthma suffer from allergic rhinitis (AR),
and rhinitis symptoms are associated with sleep complaints The aim of this cross-sectional …

BACKGROUND The entry of patients into randomised clinical trials (RCTs) in lung cancer is
low. A study was undertaken to assess the reasons why patients with non-small cell lung …

Results AIA/NP subjects had the highest levels of urinary LTE4 (432.3 pg/mg+/-88.1 sd)
compared to AIA/R (330.7 pg/mg+/-72.3 s, p< 0.01), to A (129.1 pg/mg+/-74.8 sd, p< 0.001), and …

Severe bronchial asthma affects at least 5% of the asthmatic population and remains a clinical
challenge. Data from the UK National Registry for Severe Asthma suggest that dedicated …

The term vasculitis identifies diseases associated with an inflammation of blood vessel walls
(1). We found no universally accepted classification and definition of pulmonary vasculitis (2…

… Among the 46/79—58.2% patients that completed the study, we evaluated total and regional
FM and LM%, as well as lumbar bone mineral density (BMD) and Z-score, linking them to …

… When the modulation frequency fm is … fm, and recording the probe intensity. The frequency
spacing between the first upper and first lower sidebands is twice the frequency modulation fm…

… was inversely associated with BMI, %FM, and WC, and directly associated … FM, BMI, and
WC and with higher %MM values. Higher levels of sitting time were associated with higher %FM…