A review of voice and upper airway function in chronic cough and paradoxical vocal cord movement

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-42

  Vertigan, Anne E ^a,b   Gibson, Peter G ^a   Theodoros, Deborah G ^b   Winkworth, Alison L ^c  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic cough; Habit cough; Paradoxical vocal fold movement; Psychogenic cough; Speech pathology

Indexed keywords

ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHEWING GUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHONIA; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MENOPAUSE; PARADOXICAL VOCAL CORD MOVEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SPEECH THERAPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS INCONTINENCE; SYMPTOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VOCAL CORD; VOCAL CORD DISORDER; VOICE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE;

EID: 33846184540     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328012c587     Document Type: Review

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