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European
Respiratory Disease
Volume 5
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Issue 1
Cover image: Alveolar cells, Thierry Berrod, Mona Lisa Production/Science Photo Library
Editorial Board
Managing Editor Pierre Bartsch John Haughney
Tami Hughes
Professor, Pneumology and General Practitioner, Glasgow
Editor
Allergology, University of Liège
Lucy Wakefield-Smith
Philippe Joud
Claudio Bassetti
Adult and Paediatric Physiotherapy
Sub-editorial Manager
Professor, Department and Respiratory Centre, Lyon
Claire Dunn
of Neurology, University
Sub-editor
Hospital Zurich
Michael A Kaliner
Claire Vinent
Clinical Professor of Medicine,
Ronald Dahl
George Washington University
Technical Editor
Professor of Respiratory Diseases, School of Medicine
Patrick Wong
Aarhus University Hospital
Head of Design
Leo Kwakkenbos
Uzo Agbasonu
Stuart Elborn
President, Pulmonary Hypertension
Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Association Europe (PHA)
Designer
Queen’s University Belfast, and
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Consultant Physician and Director,
William MacNee
Head of Circulation and Production Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre,
Professor of Respiratory and
Miriam Oppenheim Belfast City Hospital
Environmental Medicine, and
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Research Labs, University of
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Chris Potten Hospital Morales Meseguer
Anders Østrem
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Director, Respiratory Division,
Philippe Grenier
Bergamo General Hospital
Publishing Director Professor of Radiology, Pierre
Fergus Brunning & Marie Curie University
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