Empiric treatment of chronic cough in adults

Allergy and Asthma Proceedings

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-197

  Chummun, Dweejendra ^a   Lü, Hanjing ^a   Qiu, Zhongmin ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHRONIC RHINITIS; COUGH VARIANT ASTHMA; COUGHING; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; NONASTHMATIC EOSINOPHILIC BRONCHITIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UPPER AIRWAY COUGH SYNDROME;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 79956334184     PISSN: 10885412     EISSN: 15396304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/aap.2011.32.3432     Document Type: Review

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