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Recent trends in physician diagnosed COPD in women and men in the UK

Dr J B Soriano, Department of Worldwide Epidemiology, GlaxoWellcome R&D, Greenford, Middlesex UB6 0HE, UK email: jbs42397{at}glaxowellcome.co.uk BACKGROUND Recent trends in physician diagnosed chronic ...
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Primary determinants of ischaemic stroke/brain abscess risks are independent of severity of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations in hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia

NHLI Cardiovascular Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, UK Background: Brain abscesses and ischaemic strokes complicate pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs). At risk ...
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Mediastinal amyloidosis mimicking advanced lung cancer

A 62-year-old man with a history of systemic Amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis in prior haematological remission presented ...
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Comparative performance of endobronchial ultrasound-guided sampling techniques in patients with mediastinal lesions: a network meta-analysis

Background Comparative evidence on the diagnostic yield of endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided sampling techniques for ...
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Effect of two breathing exercises (Buteyko and pranayama) in asthma: a randomised controlled trial

Division of Respiratory Medicine, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, UK Correspondence to: Ms S Cooper, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Sciences Building, City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, ...