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Editorial
. 2024 Jul 29;10(4):00406-2024.
doi: 10.1183/23120541.00406-2024. eCollection 2024 Jul.

Coughing our guts up: how do we diagnose reflux cough?

Mengru Zhang  1 , Dominic L Sykes  1
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Editorial

Coughing our guts up: how do we diagnose reflux cough?

Mengru Zhang et al. ERJ Open Res. .

Abstract

Should Peptest be routinely used in a cough clinic? The answer is yes, but only as part of more intricate workup in which discovering the nature of the reflux is as important as identifying its presence. https://bit.ly/3QkbChb.

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Conflict of interest: All authors have nothing to disclose.

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  • doi: 10.1183/23120541.00046-2024

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