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Editorial
. 2022 Dec 12;8(4):00519-2022.
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00519-2022. eCollection 2022 Oct.

Airway disease: a confusion inside an enigma

Alyn H Morice  1
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Editorial

Airway disease: a confusion inside an enigma

Alyn H Morice. ERJ Open Res. .

Abstract

Current diagnostic categories of airway disease are conflicting and contradictory. Historically, we were reliant on airway physiology. However, pathology is the study of disease. A reappraisal is necessary. https://bit.ly/3CZSqiQ.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest: A.H. Morice reports the following relationships outside the submitted work: grants or contracts received from MSD, Bayer, Shionogi, Bellus and NeRRi; royalties or licences from the HARQ questionnaire; payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers’ bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events received from MSD; and payment for expert testimony received from NICE. He is the chair of the task force on chronic cough for the European Respiratory Society and an associate editor of this journal.

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