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Chronic cough in adults is a challenge owing to its varying aetiologies
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Chronic cough in adults is a challenge owing to its varying aetiologies
Wednesday 9 May 2018, 10:08 AM

David Vokes is a laryngologist and head and neck surgeon at Auckland City Hospital and at ENT Associates, Auckland
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Chronic cough is defined as a cough persisting beyond eight weeks. This simple enough definition belies the complexities of the condition, as reviewed here
Cough is the most common symptom for which patients visit their GP, and many have a chronic cough (CC), defined as a cough of more than eight weeks’ d
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