1 Woolcock Institute of Medical Research (Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and University of Sydney), P O Box M77, Camperdown, NSW 2050, Australia 2 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW 2050, ...

Background The bronchial epithelium and underlying reticular basement membrane (RBM) have a close spatial and functional inter-relationship and are considered an epithelial–mesenchymal trophic unit ...

1 Institute for Lung Health, Department of Respiratory Medicine and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK 2 Department of Integrated Medicine, University Hospitals ...

Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA Department of Pathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA Dr G A ...

Dr J Simon R Gibbs, National Pulmonary Hypertension Service, Department of Cardiology, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0HS, UK; s.gibbs{at}imperial.ac.uk I am delighted to write the ...

3 Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Correspondence to Dr Stefano Guerra, Arizona Respiratory Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, ...

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

Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, University of Padua Medical School, Padua, Italy Professor F Calabrese, Department of Diagnostic Medical Sciences and Special Therapies, ...

Background Cod liver oil is an important source of vitamin D, but also contains other fat-soluble components such as vitamin A. Before 1999, the cod liver oil formula in Norway contained a high ...

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Introduction Factors associated with type 2 respiratory failure (T2RF) in COPD have been poorly described. Co-existent obstructive sleep apnoea is thought to play a part, 1 and episodes of worsening ...

8 Department of Respiratory Medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital, London, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, and Imperial College, London, UK 9 Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK Correspondence ...