Journal article
CHRONIC COUGH: EOSINOPHILIC BRONCHITIS WITHOUT ASTHMA
Abstract
Sputum cell-counts were studied in 7 non-smokers with corticosteroid-responsive chronic cough productive of sputum and 8 smokers with a clinical diagnosis of chronic bronchitis, all of whom had normal lung function tests and methacholine airway responsiveness, and in 10 non-smokers with asthma, examined during an exacerbation. Sputum from asthmatic patients and subjects with corticosteroid-responsive cough contained eosinophils and …
Authors
Gibson PG; Denburg J; Dolovich J; Ramsdale EH; Hargreave FE
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 333, No. 8651, pp. 1346–1348
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
6 1989
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(89)92801-8
ISSN
0140-6736