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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Sandhu GS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3704827 | biostudies-other | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
About 40% of the population will experience chronic cough at some point during their lives and it tends to be more common in women (Thorax 58:901-7, 2003). Post-nasal drip (or upper airway cough syndrome), gastro-esophageal reflux disease and asthma are considered the most common causes. Yet only a small percentage of patients with these common conditions experience chronic cough. Also there is no agreed measure of post-nasal drip and controversy exists about the diagnosis of reflux above the up ...[more]