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MeSH Heading: Chronic Cough
Tree Number(s): C08.618.248.500; C23.888.852.293.500
Unique ID: D000096822
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000096822
Scope Note: Cough lasting for greater than 8 weeks in adults potentially impacting HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE. Chronic cough generally is associated with eosinophilic airway inflammation (e.g., asthma (COUGH-VARIANT ASTHMA) and non-asthmatic BRONCHITIS, upper airway disorders, GERD and cough hypersensitivity syndrome).
Entry Term(s): Nagging Cough; Persistent Cough
Previous Indexing: Cough (1963-2023)
Public MeSH Note: 2024
History Note: 2024
Date Established: 2024/01/01
Date of Entry: 2023/07/26
Revision Date: 2023/05/31

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cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Chronic Cough MeSH Descriptor Data 2024