Introduction National data on asthma characteristics and the factors associated with uncontrolled
asthma seem to be necessary for every country. For this purpose, we developed the …

A systemic inflammatory reaction is a common feature of both sarcoidosis and atherosclerosis.
Endothelial-cell specific molecule 1 (endocan) is a marker of vascular pathology which …

Dyes are known to be a causative agent of occupational asthma in workers exposed to them.
We have evaluated respiratory symptoms among textile workers. The study population …

Background and aims Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease with frequent cardiac involvement,
albeit manifest cardiac disease is rare. Though epicardial coronary arteries are not …

Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is one of the leading causes of
mortality and morbidity around the world, with comorbidities in COPD being common and …

Background: Insulin-like growth factor binding protein-4 (IGFBP-4), a member of the insulin-like
growth factor (IGF) family, transports, and regulates the activity of IGFs. The pregnancy-…

Background Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is often reported in connection with interstitial
lung disease. As yet, there is insufficient data on the association of OSA severity parameters …

Sarcoidosis is a multisystemic chronic inflammatory disease that the specific etiology is not
known clearly. The aim of this study is, to investigate the presence of subclinical …

Alveolar adenoma is one of the rarely seen benign tumors of the lung, to date, one or two
series have been reported. In this study, four rare alveolar adenoma cases were presented …

Introduction Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous multisystem inflammatory disease. An
association between sarcoidosis and subclinical atherosclerosis has recently been …