Postnasal drip and chronic cough: An open interventional study

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1700-1705

  Macedo, Patricia ^a,b   Saleh, Hesham ^a,b   Torrego, Alfonso ^b   Arbery, Justine ^b   MacKay, Ian ^a   Durham, Stephen R ^a,b   Chung, Kian Fan ^a,b  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cough; Postnasal drip; Rhinosinusitis

Indexed keywords

AZELASTINE; CAPSAICIN; FLUTICASONE; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUCUS; NOSE DISEASE; OPEN STUDY; POSTNASAL DRIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINOSINUSITIS; THROAT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANDROSTADIENES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PHTHALAZINES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHINITIS; SINUSITIS; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349504368     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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