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Editorial
. 2018 Aug;196(4):377-379.
doi: 10.1007/s00408-018-0122-x. Epub 2018 May 15.

In Defense of Lady Windermere Syndrome

Jerome M Reich  1   2
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Editorial

In Defense of Lady Windermere Syndrome

Jerome M Reich. Lung. 2018 Aug.

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.

Keywords: Bronchiectasis; Cough; Lady Windermere Syndrome; M. aviumcomplex.

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