Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 5 , Pages 652-657 , May 2010

Chronic cough in upper airway diseases

  • J.B. Watelet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 9 332 2332; fax: +32 9 332 4993.
    • ,
  • T. Van Zele

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
    • ,
  • G. Brusselle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Respiratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium

Received 22 December 2008 ,Accepted 26 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.11.020

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 5 , Pages 652-657 , May 2010

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