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In Defense of Lady Windermere Syndrome.
- Source :
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Lung [Lung] 2018 Aug; Vol. 196 (4), pp. 377-379. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 May 15. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Defense of Lady Windermere Syndrome (LWS) provides a critical analysis of its proposed pathogenesis, evidence supporting a causal role of volitional cough suppression, pathogenesis of M. avium complex (MAC) superimposition, a defense of the eponym, and cites a possible contribution of LWS to the bronchiectasis population.
- Subjects :
- Age Factors
Bronchiectasis diagnosis
Bronchiectasis physiopathology
Cough physiopathology
Cough psychology
Female
Humans
Lung physiopathology
Male
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection diagnosis
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection physiopathology
Risk Factors
Sex Factors
Syndrome
Volition
Bronchiectasis etiology
Cough complications
Eponyms
Lung microbiology
Mycobacterium avium Complex pathogenicity
Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1432-1750
- Volume :
- 196
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Lung
- Publication Type :
- Editorial & Opinion
- Accession number :
- 29766262
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00408-018-0122-x