AJRCCM -- Table of Contents (November 15 2006, 174 [10])

EDITORIALS:

Dirkje S. Postma and Marike H. M. Boezen: Peak Expiratory Flow Monitoring in Older Patients with Asthma: An Aid to Management?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1065-1066 [Full Text] [PDF]

K. Fan Chung: Intrinsic Differences of the Airway Epithelium in Childhood Allergic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1066-1067 [Full Text] [PDF]

Cesare Saltini: Schedule or Dosage?: The Need to Perfect Intermittent Regimens for Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1067-1068 [Full Text] [PDF]

Mark V. Avdalovic, Lei F. Putney, Edward S. Schelegle, Lisa Miller, Jodie L. Usachenko, Nancy K. Tyler, Charles G. Plopper, Laurel J. Gershwin, and Dallas M. Hyde: Vascular Remodeling Is Airway Generation-Specific in a Primate Model of Chronic Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1069-1076. First published online August 24 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200506-848OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

A. Sonia Buist, William M. Vollmer, Sandra R. Wilson, E. Ann Frazier, and Arthur D. Hayward: A Randomized Clinical Trial of Peak Flow versus Symptom Monitoring in Older Adults with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1077-1087. First published online August 24 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200510-1606OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Shweta Choudhry, Esteban González Burchard, Luisa N. Borrell, Hua Tang, Ivan Gomez, Mariam Naqvi, Sylvette Nazario, Alphonso Torres, Jesus Casal, Juan Carlos Martinez-Cruzado, Elad Ziv, Pedro C. Avila, William Rodriguez-Cintron, and Neil J. Risch: Ancestry–Environment Interactions and Asthma Risk among Puerto Ricans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1088-1093. First published online September 14 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200605-596OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Frank D. Gilliland, Talat Islam, Kiros Berhane, W. James Gauderman, Rob McConnell, Edward Avol, and John M. Peters: Regular Smoking and Asthma Incidence in Adolescents; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1094-1100. First published online September 14 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200605-722OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Gregory A. Hawkins, Kelan Tantisira, Deborah A. Meyers, Elizabeth J. Ampleford, Wendy C. Moore, Barbara Klanderman, Stephen B. Liggett, Stephen P. Peters, Scott T. Weiss, and Eugene R. Bleecker: Sequence, Haplotype, and Association Analysis of ADR $beta$ 2 in a Multiethnic Asthma Case-Control Study; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1101-1109. First published online August 24 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200509-1405OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Anthony Kicic, Erika N. Sutanto, Paul T. Stevens, Darryl A. Knight, and Stephen M. Stick: Intrinsic Biochemical and Functional Differences in Bronchial Epithelial Cells of Children with Asthma; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1110-1118. First published online August 14 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200603-392OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Yukiko Maeda, Nobuyuki Hizawa, Eisei Jinushi, Ayumi Honda, Daisuke Takahashi, Yoshinobu Fukui, Satoshi Konno, Tadamichi Shimizu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Etsuro Yamaguchi, and Masaharu Nishimura: Polymorphisms in the Muscarinic Receptor 1 Gene Confer Susceptibility to Asthma in Japanese Subjects; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1119-1124. First published online August 24 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-081OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Margaret W. Gerbase, Christian Schindler, Jean-Pierre Zellweger, Nino Künzli, Sara H. Downs, Otto Brändli, Joel Schwartz, Martin Frey, Luc Burdet, Thierry Rochat, Ursula Ackermann-Liebrich, Philippe Leuenberger, and on behalf of the SAPALDIA Team: Respiratory Effects of Environmental Tobacco Exposure Are Enhanced by Bronchial Hyperreactivity; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1125-1131. First published online August 24 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200512-1890OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Christoph Dehnert, Frank Risse, Sebastian Ley, Tristan A. Kuder, Ralf Buhmann, Michael Puderbach, Elmar Menold, Derliz Mereles, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Peter Bärtsch, and Christian Fink: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Uneven Pulmonary Perfusion in Hypoxia in Humans; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1132-1138. First published online August 31 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200606-780OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Elizabeth M. Berry-Kravis, Lili Zhou, Casey M. Rand, and Debra E. Weese-Mayer: Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome: PHOX2B Mutations and Phenotype; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1139-1144. First published online August 3 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200602-305OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Jussi M. Tikkanen, Maria Hollmén, Antti I. Nykänen, Jeanette Wood, Petri K. Koskinen, and Karl B. Lemström: Role of Platelet-derived Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Obliterative Airway Disease; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1145-1152. First published online August 17 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200601-044OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Kwok C. Chang, Chi C. Leung, Wing W. Yew, Shiu L. Chan, and Cheuk M. Tam: Dosing Schedules of 6-Month Regimens and Relapse for Pulmonary Tuberculosis; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1153-1158. First published online August 14 2006 as doi:10.1164/rccm.200605-637OC [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplement]

Guillermo Bugedo and Alejandro Bruhn: Correspondence Is Maximal Lung Recruitment Worth It?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1159 [Full Text] [PDF]

João Batista Borges Sobrinho, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro de Carvalho, and Marcelo Britto Passos Amato: Is Maximal Lung Recruitment Worth It?; Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2006; 174: 1159a [Full Text] [PDF]