Diagnosing chronic cough in children

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 647-648

  Shields, M D ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANAMNESIS; ASTHMA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BRONCHIECTASIS; BRONCHITIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WHEEZING;

CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; HUMANS;

EID: 33747032022     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.060277     Document Type: Editorial

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