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
  Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32016    4,576 Downloads  6,955 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
  Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32015    4,645 Downloads  7,201 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
  Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32014    4,711 Downloads  7,269 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
  Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32013    3,428 Downloads  5,758 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
  Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32012    4,768 Downloads  8,272 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
  Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32011    9,570 Downloads  14,235 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
  Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32010    4,178 Downloads  6,269 Views   Citations
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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
  Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 28, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32008    4,405 Downloads  7,888 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
  Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 17, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32007    4,201 Downloads  6,908 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
  Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases Vol.3 No.2,  May 17, 2013
  DOI: 10.4236/ojrd.2013.32006    3,438 Downloads  6,346 Views   Citations
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