Gastroesophageal dysmotility is associated with the impairment of cough-specific quality of life in patients with cough variant asthma

Gastroesophageal dysmotility is associated with the impairment of cough-specific quality of life in patients with cough variant asthma

Background: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is known as a common comorbidity of asthma and chronic cough. The impact of GERD symptoms on cough-specific quality of life (QoL) in patients with asthmatic cough is poorly understood. The aim of this study is to determine the association of GERD sy...

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Main Authors: Yoshihiro Kanemitsu, Akio Niimi, Hisako Matsumoto, Toshiyuki Iwata, Isao Ito, Tsuyoshi Oguma, Hideki Inoue, Tomoko Tajiri, Tadao Nagasaki, Yumi Izuhara, Guergana Petrova, Surinder S. Birring, Michiaki Mishima
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-07-01
Series:Allergology International
Subjects:
Chronic cough
Cough variant asthma
Gastroesophageal dysmotility
The Leicester Cough Questionnaire
Quality of life
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893016300089

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