The association between early childhood serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and eosinophilic asthma remains unclear. We ...

Introduction Patients referred to a Tertiary Airways and Severe Asthma Service for refractory breathlessness may be diagnosed with Breathing Pattern Disorder (BPD) or Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction ...

Introduction Lung cancer outcomes in England are inferior to comparable countries. Patient or disease characteristics, healthcare-seeking behaviour, diagnostic pathways, and oncology service provision ...

3 The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University Hospital South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK 4 University Hospital of South Manchester, ...

BACKGROUND Cystic fibrosis is characterised by oxidative stress in the airways. Isoprostanes are prostaglandin isomers formed by free radical catalysed peroxidation of arachidonic acid. 8-Isoprostane ...

Correspondence to Professor Heather J Zar, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, 5th Floor, ICH Building, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Cape Town 7700, South Africa; heather.zar{at ...

Correspondence to British Thoracic Society, 17, Doughty Street, London WC1N 2PL, UK; bts{at}brit-thoracic.org.uk and Dr Charlotte E Bolton, Nottingham Respiratory Research Unit, University of ...

Department of Human Biology, Nutrition and Toxicology Research Institute (NUTRIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands Dr A M W J Schols, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and ...

Comprehensive Pneumology Center, Institute of Lung Biology and Disease (iLBD), Ludwig-Maximilians-University and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg/Munich, Germany Background: Idiopathic pulmonary ...

Associations of pulmonary microvascular blood volume with per cent emphysema and CT emphysema subtypes in the community: the MESA Lung study ...

Correspondence to Dr Charlotte Summers, Division of Anaesthesia, Department of Medicine, Box 93, Level 4, Addenbrooke's Hospital, CUHNHSFT, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 OQQ, UK; ...

1 Centre for Infection and Immunity, Queen's University of Belfast, UK 2 Department of Infection, Inflammation and Immunity, Institute for Lung Health, University of Leicester, UK Introduction ...