Background Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) is essential in determining the efficacy of novel therapies in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD). These require initial proof-of-concept demonstration that ...

2 Institute of Respiratory Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia 3 South Western Sydney Clinical School, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia Background: Sahaja Yoga is a traditional ...

Atypical radiological manifestation of sarcoidosis presenting with an anterior mediastinal mass ...

Rationale Endoscopic lung volume reduction improves lung function, quality of life and exercise capacity in severe emphysema patients. However, its effect on the diaphragm function is not well ...

8 Respiratory Medicine Department, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Plymouth, UK 9 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, Brighton, UK 10 ...

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Background Despite biomarker-guided initiation, non- or loss of response to biologic therapy occurs in a minority of patients with severe asthma. In cases of treatment failure, it is important to ...

Correspondence to Professor Weihong Chen, Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ...

10 Centre Valaisan de Pneumologie et Département de Médecine Interne du Centre Hospitalier du Centre du Valais, Crans-Montana, Switzerland 11 Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital of ...

Central Laboratory of Virology, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Dr J Garbino, Division of Infectious Diseases, University Hospitals of Geneva, 24 ...

1 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Division of Immunology, Infection and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK 2 Department of Immunology, Division of Immunology, Infection and ...

This paper contains an analysis and appreciation of one of Moses Maimonides' authentic medical works, his Treatise on Asthma. After a brief biographical section, passages from the work are cited and ...