Cough variant asthma and atopic cough

Chronic cough has been reported to be the fifth most common complaint seen by primary care physicians in the world, the third in Italy. Chronic cough in non-smoking, non-treated with ACE-inhibitor adults with normal chest radiogram could be a symptom of asthma and can be sub-classified into: cough-v...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Magni, Chiara, Chellini, Elisa, Zanasi, Alessandro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3463094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22958894
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2049-6958-5-2-99
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Sumario:Chronic cough has been reported to be the fifth most common complaint seen by primary care physicians in the world, the third in Italy. Chronic cough in non-smoking, non-treated with ACE-inhibitor adults with normal chest radiogram could be a symptom of asthma and can be sub-classified into: cough-variant asthma, atopic cough, and eosinophilic bronchitis. This review discusses the differential diagnosis of these three disorders.

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