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Abstract
Cough lasting for greater than 8 weeks in adults potentially impacting HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE. Chronic cough generally is associated with eosinophilic airway inflammation (e.g., asthma (COUGH-VARIANT ASTHMA) and non-asthmatic BRONCHITIS, upper airway disorders, GERD and cough hypersensitivity syndrome).
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- Nagging Cough
- Persistent Cough
- Chronic Coughs
- Cough, Chronic
- Cough, Nagging
- Cough, Persistent
- Nagging Coughs
- Persistent Coughs
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2024
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- Cough (1963-2023)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Chronic Cough. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000096822. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000096822
- Chronic Cough. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_cough
- Chronic Cough. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60791486