Published in Thorax on June 01, 1980
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Molecular phylogeny of the animal kingdom. Science (1988) 4.76
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Campylobacter pylori, the spiral bacterium associated with human gastritis, is not a true Campylobacter sp. J Bacteriol (1987) 3.17
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Formalin asthma in hospital staff. Br Med J (1975) 2.03
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Trial of ketoconazole in non-invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. Thorax (1987) 1.90
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Comparative radiographic features of community acquired Legionnaires' disease, pneumococcal pneumonia, mycoplasma pneumonia, and psittacosis. Thorax (1984) 1.73
Comparative clinical and laboratory features of legionella with pneumococcal and mycoplasma pneumonias. Br J Dis Chest (1987) 1.66
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Cardiac arrhythmias caused by nebulised beta-agonist therapy. Lancet (1987) 1.57
The influence of antibiotics and other factors on reconsultation for acute lower respiratory tract illness in primary care. Br J Gen Pract (1997) 1.56
How do general practitioners respond to reports of abnormal chest X-rays? J R Soc Med (1999) 1.55
Streptococcus milleri pulmonary disease: a review and clinical description of 25 patients. Thorax (1995) 1.51
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The importance of finger clubbing in pulmonary tuberculosis. Tubercle (1979) 1.45
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A hospital study of community acquired pneumonia in the elderly. Thorax (1990) 1.32
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Treatment of endobronchial amyloidosis by intermittent bronchoscopic resection. Br J Dis Chest (1980) 1.26
Risk factors for community-acquired pneumonia diagnosed by general practitioners in the community. Respir Med (2000) 1.25
Role of pneumococcal antigen in the diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia. Thorax (1992) 1.22
Adult community-acquired staphylococcal pneumonia in the antibiotic era: a review of 61 cases. Q J Med (1987) 1.22
Safety, usefulness and acceptability of fibreoptic bronchoscopy in the elderly. Age Ageing (1981) 1.21
Formaldehyde asthma: challenge exposure levels and fate after five years. J Occup Med (1982) 1.20
Analysis of expiratory tidal flow patterns as a diagnostic tool in airflow obstruction. Eur Respir J (1998) 1.19
A prospective comparison of nursing home acquired pneumonia with community acquired pneumonia. Eur Respir J (2001) 1.18
Idiopathic steatorrhoea and idiopathic pulmonary haemosiderosis. Br Med J (1971) 1.15
The speed of onset and severity of acute severe asthma. Br J Dis Chest (1982) 1.12
Should ipratropium bromide be added to beta-agonists in treatment of acute severe asthma? Chest (1988) 1.12
A placebo-controlled study of liposome-mediated gene transfer to the nasal epithelium of patients with cystic fibrosis. Gene Ther (1997) 1.11
Relationship between sensitivity to carbon dioxide and clinical features in patients with chronic airways obstruction. Thorax (1970) 1.10
A steroid sparing effect of ketotifen in steroid-dependent asthmatics. Clin Allergy (1980) 1.08
A place for ipratropium bromide in the treatment of severe acute asthma. Br J Dis Chest (1985) 1.06
Early management of younger adults dying of community acquired pneumonia. Respir Med (1993) 1.05
Performance of an automated Q-beta replicase amplification assay for Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a clinical trial. J Clin Microbiol (1997) 1.05
A case of primary amebic meningoencephalitis in a Nigerian farmer. Am J Trop Med Hyg (1980) 1.03
Mycoplasma pneumoniae and the aetiology of lobar pneumonia in northern Nigeria. Thorax (1979) 1.02
The hospital management of community-acquired pneumonia. Recommendations of the British Thoracic Society. J R Coll Physicians Lond (1987) 1.01
The rise and fall of Legionnaires' disease in Nottingham. J Infect (1986) 1.01
Poor inhaler technique may be perpetuated by clinical staff. Practitioner (1984) 1.00
Development of secondary polycythaemia in chronic airways obstruction. Thorax (1981) 0.99
Transtracheal injection of saline in the investigation of pneumonia. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1984) 0.99
Atropine responsiveness in asthma in relation to steroid aerosol therapy. Br J Dis Chest (1981) 0.98
Prognosis in sarcoidosis. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1984) 0.98
Impact of management guidelines on the outcome of severe community acquired pneumonia. Thorax (1997) 0.97
Risks from cannulae used to maintain intravenous access. Br Med J (1980) 0.97
Comparison of erythromycin and isoniazid in treatment of adverse reactions to BCG vaccination. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1985) 0.96
Current therapeutic practice in the management of acute severe asthma. Br J Dis Chest (1983) 0.95
Ethical planning for an influenza pandemic. Clin Med (2008) 0.94
A novel method for collecting and detecting amoxycillin in urine: a tool for testing antibiotic compliance in the community. J Antimicrob Chemother (2000) 0.93
How is sputum microbiology used in general practice? Respir Med (1996) 0.91
Relation between airways obstruction and CO2 tension in chronic obstructive airways disease. Br Med J (1968) 0.91
Late onset respiratory failure in patients with previous poliomyelitis. Q J Med (1974) 0.90
The protean manifestations of Legionnaires' disease. J R Coll Physicians Lond (1985) 0.89
Legionnaires' disease: a review of 79 community acquired cases in Nottingham. Thorax (1986) 0.88
Prognosis in acute cerebrovascular accidents in relation to respiratory pattern and blood gas tensions. Br Med J (1971) 0.87
Breathing muscle activity during expiration in patients with chronic airflow obstruction. Eur Respir J (1990) 0.86
Lung blood flow studies in patients with scoliosis and neuromuscular weakness. Thorax (1973) 0.86
Single injection treatment of meningococcal meningitis. 2. Long-acting chloramphenicol. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1979) 0.86
Acute severe asthma: factors that influence hospital referral by the general practitioner and self-referral by the patient. Br J Dis Chest (1983) 0.85
Single injection treatment of meningococcal meningitis. 1. Long-acting penicillin. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (1979) 0.85
Commentary: pleural empyema and malignancy--another dimension. Thorax (1996) 0.84
Diversity of host species and strains of Pneumocystis carinii is based on rRNA sequences. Clin Diagn Lab Immunol (1996) 0.84
Pneumonia and pregnancy. Thorax (2001) 0.83
Failure of once daily inhaled corticosteroid treatment to control chronic asthma. Thorax (1984) 0.83
Abnormalities in lung function following clinical recovery from Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia. Eur J Respir Dis (1982) 0.81
Vidarabine in fulminating chickenpox pneumonia. Thorax (1982) 0.81
Legionnaires' disease: update. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1983) 0.81
Erythromycin compared with a combination of ampicillin and amoxycillin as initial therapy for adults with pneumonia including Legionnaires' disease. J Infect (1983) 0.80
The effect of dichlorphenamide on blood and cerebrospinal fluid acid-base state in chronic ventilatory failure. Clin Sci (1970) 0.80
Dermatomyositis with parenchymal lung involvement. Br Med J (1972) 0.80
Alternative and complementary medicine for asthma. Thorax (1991) 0.80