Montelukast for postinfectious cough in adults: a double-blind randomised placebo-controlled trial

Background: postinfectious cough is common in primary care, but has no proven effective treatments. Cysteinyl leukotrienes are involved in the pathogenesis of postinfectious cough and whooping cough (pertussis). We investigated the effectiveness of montelukast, a cysteinyl leukotriene receptor antag...

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Main Authors: Wang, K. (Author), Birring, Surinder S. (Author), Taylor, Kathryn (Author), Fry, Norman K. (Author), Hay, Alastair D. (Author), Moore, Michael (Author), Jin, Jing (Author), Perera, Rafael (Author), Farmer, Andrew (Author), Little, Paul (Author), Harrison, Timothy G (Author), Mant, David (Author), Harnden, Anthony (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2014-01.
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