CONTENTS FOURTH CONGRESS OF THE BULGARIAN RESPIRATORY SOCIETY Sofia, 14 June – 17 June, 2012
ULTRASOUND GUIDED TRUE CUT NEEDLE BIOPSY BY PATIENTS WITH PLEURAL LESIONS R. Petkov, Y. Yamakova, E. Petkova, Tz. Minchev, G. Yankov, D. Petrov
IMPORTANCE OF THE BRONCHODILATOR RESPONSE TO THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD ASTHMA S. Lazova, P. Perenovska, Ch. Rafailova
ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY – A NEW POSSIBILITY IN INTERVENTIONAL PULMOLOGY A. Diakova, M. Kokoshyan
MICROBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BRONCHOPULMONARY INFECTIONS IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS PATIENTS T. Strateva, G. Petrova, D. Atanasova, I. Mitov, P. Perenovska
NEW EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA ON COPD IN THE REGION OF PLEVEN P. Pavlov, Y. Ivanov, P. Glogovska, Ts. Popova, E. Borisova, V. Nozharov
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editorials р.8
reviews р.16
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original articles
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COMMUNITY ACQUIRED RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS ETIOLOGICAL AGENTS, ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE AND ITS CLINICAL SIGNS P. Glogovska, Y. Ivanov, P. Pavlov, T. Popova, E. Borissova р. 51 PREVALENCE OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION, GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE AND DIABETES MELLITUS IN PATIENTS WITH COPD E. Mekov, P. Nikolova р. 59 CIRCADIAN RHYTHM AND SLEEP DISORDERS IN SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS R. Shishkov, D. Petkova, Y. Krasnaliev р. 65 PROFFESOR DR ZLATAN ZLATANOV TUBERCULOTOXIC DISORDERS R. Rusev (Medical Journal, 1938, XXI; 2: 49-54)
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Im memoriam
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