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TUBERCULOSIS IN ROMANIA

• Prudent optimism and the evolution of the main indicators of TB endemia in 2012 in Romania
Gilda Popescu, Domnica Chiotan, Nicoleta Cioran, Cristian Didilescu

ORIGINAL PAPERS

• Conventional forceps or hot biopsy: comparative study of two methods in diagnosis of endobronchial lesions
Hamidreza Jabbari, Mohammad Fakhri, Mojtaba Lotfaliani, Arda Kiani 

• Estimation of direct medical costs of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseas over 12 months
Irina Strâmbu, Ioan Paul Stoicescu 

• Benefits of a 7-week outpatient pulmonary rehabilitation program in COPD patients
Alina Croitoru, Diana Ionita, Carmen Stroescu, Irina Pele, Daniela Gologanu, Andreea Dumitrescu, Lucia Marinescu, Dana Anghelescu, Miron Alexandru Bogdan 

REVIEWS

• Dynamic hyperinflation - the main mechanism of decreased exercise tolerance in patients with COPD
Daniela Gologanu 

• Devices used in non-invasive ventilation for obstructive sleep apnea associating COPD and/or morbid obesity
Ștefan Dumitrache-Rujinski, George Călcăianu, Miron Bogdan 

CLINICAL CASES

• A case of cardiac hydatidosis - role for transesophageal echocardiography in evaluating bilateral pulmonary nodules
Seyed Mohsen Mirhosseini, Zahra Parsaiyan, Mohammad Fakhri 

• Coexistence of mediastinal adenopathies of different etiologies - case report
Anca Macri, Ancuţa Constantin, Ion Cordoş, Radu Stoica 

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