Diagnostic utility of fractional exhaled nitric oxide in prolonged and chronic cough according to atopic status

Background: Cough-variant asthma (CVA) and cough-predominant asthma (CPA) are the major causes of persistent cough in Japan. The utility of fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) measurement in the differential diagnosis of persistent cough has been reported, but the influence of atopic status, whic...

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Main Authors: Takamitsu Asano, Masaya Takemura, Kensuke Fukumitsu, Norihisa Takeda, Hiroya Ichikawa, Hisatoshi Hijikata, Yoshihiro Kanemitsu, Takehiro Uemura, Osamu Takakuwa, Hirotsugu Ohkubo, Ken Maeno, Yutaka Ito, Tetsuya Oguri, Atsushi Nakamura, Akio Niimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893016301344