Long-term low-dose erythromycin in patients with unexplained chronic cough: A double-blind placebo controlled trial

Thorax

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1107-1110

  Yousaf, Nadia ^a   Monteiro, William ^a   Parker, Debbie ^a   Matos, Sergio ^b   Birring, Surinder ^c   Pavord, Ian D ^a  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPUTUM CYTODIAGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649636793     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: 14683296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2010.142711     Document Type: Article

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