Chronic cough: tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica
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Chronic cough: tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica.
CMAJ • DECEMBER 14, 2010 • 182(18) © 2010 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors E859 A52-year-old woman was referred for evaluation of a persistent dry cough and episodic hemoptysis of about 20 years’ duration. These symptoms were thought to be caused by chronic laryngopharyngitis and had been treated with various antitussive agents. Her medical history was otherwise unremarkable, and p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.091762