Diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough in China: An insight into the status quo

Cough

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lai, Kefang ^a   Luo, Wei ^a   Zeng, Guangqiao ^a   Zhong, Nanshan ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Airway inflammation; Chronic cough; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864241134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-9974-8-4     Document Type: Review

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