Diseases

Cough-Variant Asthma

Asthma which is characterized by CHRONIC COUGH that is nonproductive without other asthmatic symptoms, e.g., WHEEZING, and PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA. Cough-variant asthma is accompanied by AIRWAY HYPERSENSITIVITY and may progress to classical asthma without treatment.

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Asthma which is characterized by CHRONIC COUGH that is nonproductive without other asthmatic symptoms, e.g., WHEEZING, and PAROXYSMAL DYSPNEA. Cough-variant asthma is accompanied by AIRWAY HYPERSENSITIVITY and may progress to classical asthma without treatment.

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  • Asthma, Cough-Variant
  • Cough Variant Asthma
  • Cough-Variant Asthmas

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2024

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  • Asthma (1982-2023)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cough-Variant Asthma. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000096823. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000096823
  2. Cough-Variant Asthma. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554294