Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Lung Diseases - Selected State of the Art Reviews

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Elvis Irusen
Elvis Irusen

Stellenbosch University,
South Africa

Published02 March 2012

Doi10.5772/1475

ISBN978-953-51-0180-2

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6860-7

Copyright year2012

Number of pages704

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Open access  chapters

1. Airway Smooth Muscle in Asthma Symptoms: Culprit but Maybe Innocent

By Ynuk Bossé, Peter D. Paré and Yohan Boss

2,720
2
5. Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) in Lung Cancer

By Hiroyuki Sakashita, Yuki Sumi and Naohiko Inase

2,756
6. Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes in Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

By Pankaj Taneja, Robert D. Kendig, Sinan Zhu, Dejan Maglic, Elizabeth A. Fry and Kazushi Inoue

2,609
1
7. Centrosome Abnormality and Human Lung Cancer

By Kazuya Shinmura and Haruhiko Sugimura

1,909
2
8. Defective Expression and DNA Variants of TGFBR2 in Chinese Small Cell Lung Carcinoma

By ZhenHong Zhao, Jibin Xu, Jun Xie, Yang Bao, Xiaotian Wang, Lei Wang, Junjie Wu, Li Jin, Zhiyun Xu and Jiucun Wang

2,014
9. Neuroendocrine Tumours of the Lung

By Guadalupe Aparicio Gallego, Vanessa Medina Villaamil, Ana Capdevila Puerta, Enrique Grande Pulido and L.M. Antón Aparicio

2,706
10. Chemotherapy for Large Cell Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Lung: Should It Be Treated with the Same Strategy as Small Cell Lung Carcinoma?

By Katsuhiko Naoki, Kenzo Soejima, Takashi Sato, Shinnosuke Ikemura, Hideki Terai, Ryosuke Satomi, Sohei Nakayama, Satoshi Yoda and Koichiro Asano

5,268
13. Surgery in Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Past, Present and Future

By Cristian Rapicetta, Sara Tenconi, Tommaso Ricchetti, Sally Maramotti and Massimiliano Paci

3,000
14. Interleukin-17 and T Helper 17 Cells in Mucosal Immunity of the Lung

By M.S. Paats, P.Th.W. van Hal, C.C. Baan, H.C. Hoogsteden, M.M. van der Eerden and R.W. Hendriks

2,572
15. Current Status of the Mollicute (Mycoplasma) Lung Disease: Pathogenesis, Diagnostics, Treatment and Prevention

By Silvia Giono-Cerezo, Guadalupe Estrada-Gutiérrez, José Antonio Rivera-Tapia, Jorge Antonio Yáñez-Santos and Francisco Javier Díaz-García

2,503
16. Pulmonary Paracoccidioidomycosis: Clinical, Immunological and Histopathological Aspects

By Luz E. Cano, Ángel González, Damaris Lopera, Tonny W. Naranjo and Ángela Restrepo

2,176
17. Nocardia Infection in Lung Transplantation

By Pilar Morales, Ana Gil-Brusola and María Santos

2,494
18. In Vivo Models of Lung Disease

By Tracey L. Bonfield

4,170
2,767
20. Bronchitis in Children

By Christian Peiser

8,467
21. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

By Shou-Yien Wu, Sachin Gupta, Chung-Ming Chen and Tsu-Fuh Yeh

6,119
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22. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: The Role of Oxidative Stress

By Jean-Claude Lavoie and Ibrahim Mohamed

2,465
24. Non-Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema

By J. Gonzales and A. Verin

10,376
25. High Altitude Pulmonary Edema

By Zhou Qiquan and Luo Yongjun

4,036
27. Functional Evaluation in Respiratory Disorders

By Cirelene Grobler, David M. Maree and Elvis M. Irusen

3,340
29. The Pneumoconioses

By Nlandu Roger Ngatu, Ntumba Jean-Marie Kayembe, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza and Narufumi Suganuma

3,849
30. Lung Transplantation: Advances and Roadblocks in Treatment

By Matthew T. Hardison and J. Edwin Blalock

1,960
31. Bronchial Atresia

By Lirios Sacristán Bou and Francisco Peña Blas

5,528
32. A Case of Adult Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation of the Lung with Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia

By Ho Sung Lee, Jae Sung Choi, Ki Hyun Seo, Ju Ock Na, Yong Hoon Kim, Mi Hye Oh and Sung Shick Jou

2,534

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