Clinical experience with low-dose itraconazole in chronic idiopathic cough

Cough

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Ogawa, Haruhiko ^a   Fujimura, Masaki ^b   Takeuchi, Yasuo ^c   Makimura, Koichi ^d  

^a Ishikawa ken Saiseikai Kanazawa Hospital   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Nanao Hospital   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A sensation of mucus in the throat; Bjerkandera adusta; Chronic idiopathic cough; Fungus associated chronic cough; The Japanese version of LCQ

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872144261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-9974-9-1     Document Type: Article

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