Airway abnormalities at flexible bronchoscopy in patients with chronic cough

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1138-1142

  Decalmer, S ^a   Woodcock, A ^a   Greaves, M ^b   Howe, M ^b   Smith, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Cough; Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica

Indexed keywords

METHACHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALGORITHM; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOBRONCHIAL AMYLOIDOSIS; ENT EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHOPATHIA OSTEOCHONDROPLASTICA;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; PLIABILITY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38849136657     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.00034807     Document Type: Article

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