… MK participated in planning of the data collection form. H-PK performed the radiological
analyses and planned radiological data collection form. TS was responsible for the statistical …

Objective To compare the presence and extent of several high-resolution computed tomography
(HRCT) observations in different subtypes of rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung …

Background The long-term prognosis of chronic cough and its determinants need to be
clarified. Methods This is a prospective, observational cohort study. Eighty-nine unselected …

… MK participated in the design of the data collection form. HP.K. … MK has received a
consulting fee from Boehringer-Ingelheim and congress travel grants from Intermune, Boehringer-…

Several epidemiological studies have described an association between adverse health
effects and exposure to mould and microbes present in the indoor air of moisture-damaged …

Background Cough is one of the most common symptoms of asthma. However, studies using
capsaicin, citric acid, or tartaric acid to document cough threshold have repeatedly failed to …

Study objective: To analyze the cough response to three airway challenges in order to clarify
whether the recording of the provoked coughs would be beneficial in the management of …

… The key study by Purokivi et al. revealed that the cough response to inhaled hypertonic saline
correlates well with the cough response to dry air hyperpnoea [13]. This finding suggested …

… MK has received an advisory board fee from GlaxoSmithKline, outside the submitted work.
MP has received lecture and consulting fees from Boehringer-Ingelheim Finland Ltd. and a …

Background Stepping down from combination asthma therapy (inhaled corticosteroids (ICS)
+ long-acting β 2 agonists (LABA)) is often avoided due to fear of exacerbations, which may …