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Cardiopulmonary Transplant Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne and Applied Immunobiology and Transplantation Research Group, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK Dr Andrew J Fisher ...

Academic Respiratory Medicine, St Bartholomew's and Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London EC1A 7BE, UK BACKGROUND Although it is presumed that exacerbations ...

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 ...

Background Early-life inflammation has long been recognised as a key pathophysiological process in the evolution of cystic ...

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

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a Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sleep Laboratory and PRETA Laboratory, CHRU, Grenoble, France, b Respiratory Department, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Bristol, UK Professor PA Levy, EFCR, Pneumologie ...

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