EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY Impact factor: journal 5.992 CHIEF EDITORS Anh Tuan Dinh-Xuan Vito Brusasco CONTENTS Dept of Cardiorespiratory Dept of Internal Medicine, Medicine, Medical School, VOLUME 39 / NUMBER 6 / JUNE 2012 Cochin Hospital, University of Genoa, University Paris Descartes, viale Benedetto XV, 6, 27, rue du faubourg 16132 Genoa, Saint-Jacques, Italy IN MEMORIAM 75014 Paris, Tel: 39 0103537690 France Fax: 39 0103537690 1283 Prof. Andrzej Szczeklik, 1938–2012: aspirin-induced Tel: 33 158412341 E-mail: [email protected] asthma and much more Fax: 33 158412345 Sven-Erik Dahlén, Barbro Dahlén and Klaus F. Rabe; E-mail: [email protected] Ewa Nizankowska-Mogilnicka, Jacek Musial, Marek Sanak and Piotr Gajewski ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF EDITORS Sy Duong-Quy Tel: 33 158411942 Fax: 33 158412345 EDITORIALS E-mail: [email protected] 1287 Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for emphysema: PUBLICATIONS OFFICE where next? Managing Editors: Elin Reeves and Neil Bullen Pallav L. 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