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. 2010 Apr 30;5(2):99-103.
doi: 10.1186/2049-6958-5-2-99.

Cough variant asthma and atopic cough

Chiara Magni  1 , Elisa Chellini, Alessandro Zanasi
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Cough variant asthma and atopic cough

Chiara Magni et al. Multidiscip Respir Med. .

Abstract

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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