Volume 20, Issue 4, October-December 2007

Contents

Editorials
ARDS: Forty years later. A short look on the history of understanding the pathogenesis and treatment of the syndrome [PDF Format]
I. Pneumatikos

Telomeres, telomerase and immortality: A common link between lung cancer and pulmonary fibrosis [PDF Format]
A. Tzouvelekis, A. Karameris, D. Bouros

Impaired T cell regulation in interstitial lung disease: a new culprit for an old case? [PDF Format]
I. Kotsianidis, E. Nakou, A. Tzouvelekis, D. Bouros

Review
Endobronchial ultrasonography: practical aspects and clinical applications [SUMMARY] [PDF Format]
M.K. Doris, I.M. Lampaditis, F.J. Herth

Thematic series
Pulmonary surfactant [SUMMARY] [PDF Format]
E.G. Tzortzaki, E. Vlachaki, N.M. Siafakas

The Immunology of the respiratory system [SUMMARY] [PDF Format]
H.A. Papadaki, M. Velegraki

Case reports
Granulomatous pneumonitis after intavesical instillation of BCG in a patient with bladder carcinoma [SUMMARY] [PDF Format]
K. Pigakis, G. Meletis, M. Ferdoutsis, A. Pentheroudaki, C. Belias, G. Patsourakis, M. Kokkinaki, N. Bahlitzanakis

Fulminant multiorgan failure due to legionella pneumophila. Diagnostic and therapeutic problems in the ICU [SUMMARY] [PDF Format]
D. Konstantonis, B. Papaioannou, G. Kouliatsis, B. Theodorou, G. Xidopoulos, C. Dragoumanis, A. Petala, E. Terzi, I. Pneumatikos

Letter to the editor
Surgical management of emphysema [PDF Format]
T.I. Dossios