Achalasia: Unusual cause of chronic cough in children

Cough

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Mehdi, Nighat F ^a   Weinberger, Miles M ^b   Abu Hasan, Mutasim N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 52249089187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-9974-4-6     Document Type: Article

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