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Letters to the editor
Atopic cough
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The correspondence on atopic cough between McGarvey/Morice and Fujimura/Ogawa1,2 raises a number of very important issues regarding the diagnosis and treatment of chronic cough. These issues warrant careful consideration, not only because of the huge illness burden posed by the frequency of chronic cough but also because issues of terminology and recommended treatment continue to be unclear and irregularly applied.
The “3Rs” of chronic cough—rhinitis, reflux and reactive airways (asthma)—have a certain appeal. They are recognised, often repeated (primary research articles were outnumbered by reviews, letters and case reports on chronic …