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GENERAL REVIEWS
Dragica Pesut, Laura Ciobanu, Ljudmila Nagorni-Obradovic
Pulmonary rehabilitation in chronic respiratory diseases - from goals to outcomes

• Diana Ionita
Pulmonary function tests in asthma

ORIGINAL PAPERS
• Ovidiu Burlacu, Alexandru Nicodin, Voicu Tudorache,
Octavian Cretu, Romanita Glaja
An improved approach in the diagnosis of mediastinopulmonary masses through
the CT-guided transthoracic fine needle aspiration

• Narcisa Ispas
Ultrastructural aspects of intercostals muscles in patients with COPD

TUBERCULOSIS IN ROMANIA
• Andreea-Loredana Golli, Cristian Didilescu, Mimi-Floarea Nitu
Evolution of the tuberculosis epidemic in Oltenia, between 1980-2006

CLINICAL CASES
• Dragica Pesut, Tatjana Adzic, Tanja Tosic, Vladimir Zugic,
Ruza Stevic, Ljudmila Nagorni-Obradovic, Eleonora Gvozdenovic
Bilateral pulmonary shadows and incapsulated mediastinal
effusion in a patient with respiratory blastoschizomycosis

• Doina Todea, Mira Florea, Andreea Herescu, Loredana Rosca
Chronic eosinophilic pneumonia - clinical case

PEDIATRIC PNEUMOLOGY PROBLEMS
• Ioana Alina Anca, Alina Stanescu Popp, Mihaela Oros,
Nicolae Iagaru
Respiratory symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux in children

TO THE PRACTITIONER
• Codrut Sarafoleanu, Dorin Sarafoleanu, Claudiu Manea
Cronic cough - etiological and therapeutical considerations in the otorhinolaryngological practice

• Ruxandra Ulmeanu
Bronchial thermoplasty - a new therapeutic approach in asthma

PROBLEMS OF SMOKING CONTROL
• Antigona Trofor, Valentina Esanu, Elena-Iuliana Frasila
Extreme solutions for those who do not succeed to quit smoking. About smokeless tobacco and harm reduction (part I)

ARTICLE FROM EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL
• P. Beffa, A. Zellweger, J-P. Janssens, P. Wrighton-Smith,
J-P. Zellweger
Indeterminate test results of T-SPOTTM.TB performed under routine field conditions