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Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) and Chronic Cough

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Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) as a syndrome arose from the attempt to understand peptic symptoms and pathology in the upper GI tract. Extra-oesophageal manifestations, such as LPR and airway reflux (discussed in other chapters in this volume) were initially unrecognised. In this chapter ‘classic’ GORD and its relationship or otherwise to the airways is discussed.

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  1. Centre for Experimental Medicine, Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s University, Belfast, UK

    Lorcan McGarvey

  2. Airway Disease Section, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK

    Kian Fan Chung

  3. Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK

    Kian Fan Chung

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McGarvey, L., Chung, K.F. (2018). Gastro-Oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD) and Chronic Cough. In: Morice, A., Dettmar, P. (eds) Reflux Aspiration and Lung Disease. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90525-9_17

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