Chronic cough: ATP, afferent pathways and hypersensitivity

Cough remains a vexing clinical problem in many contexts. Despite the identification of precipitating factors and relevant associated diagnoses, it is common for patients presenting to healthcare providers with persistent cough to remain unsatisfactorily treated [1]. Chronic cough is common and is associated with substantial physical and psychological morbidity [2]. Footnotes This manuscript has recently been accepted for publication in the European Respiratory Journal . It is published here in its accepted form prior to copyediting and typesetting by our production team. After these production processes are complete and the authors have approved the resulting proofs, the article will move to the latest issue of the ERJ online. Please open or download the PDF to view this article. Conflict of interest: Dr. Turner has nothing to disclose. Conflict of interest: Dr. Birring reports grants from Merck, personal fees from Merck, personal fees from Bayer, personal fees from GSK, personal fees from Menlo, personal fees from Sanofi, other from Boehringer Ingleheim, outside the submitted work.