Managing unexplained chronic cough in adults: what are the unmet needs?

Lancet Respir Med

The Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA.

Published: August 2020


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