Idiopathic chronic cough: association with organ specific autoimmune disease and bronchoalveolar lymphocytosis.

BACKGROUND: We have recently reported a strong association between organ specific autoimmune disease and idiopathic chronic cough and have suggested that cough may be caused by airway inflammation secondary to aberrant homing of activated lymphocytes to the lung. An immunopathological study was unde...

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Main Authors: Birring, S, Brightling, C, Symon, F, Barlow, S, Wardlaw, A, Pavord, I
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003