BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Inspired and expired lung volumes measured by spirometry
are useful for detecting, characterising and quantifying the severity of lung disease. …

BACKGROUND ⇓ In preparing the joint statements on lung function testing for the American
Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS), it was agreed by the …

Aims The original Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders (RDC/TMD)
Axis I diagnostic algorithms have been demonstrated to be reliable. However, the …

… Coates: Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; R. Crapo and R. Jensen: LDS
Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; P. Enright: 4460 E Ina Rd, Tucson, AZ, USA; CPM van der …

BACKGROUND This section is written to provide guidance in interpreting pulmonary function
tests (PFTs) to medical directors of hospital-based laboratories that perform PFTs, and …

BACKGROUND This joint statement is based on the previous statements from the American
Thoracic Society (ATS) and the European Respiratory Society (ERS), and much of the …

This study, which is a part of the initiative 'Lifting The Burden: The Global Campaign to Reduce
the Burden of Headache Worldwide', assesses and presents all existing evidence of the …

The release of the 1000 th complete microbial genome will occur in the next two to three
years. In anticipation of this milestone, the Fellowship for Interpretation of Genomes (FIG) …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a growing cause of morbidity
and mortality worldwide, and accurate estimates of the prevalence of this disease are …

Over the last decade, the introduction of microarray technology has had a profound impact
on gene expression research. The publication of studies with dissimilar or altogether …