title: Cough variant asthma and atopic cough.
abstract: Chronic cough has been reported to be the fifth most common complaint seen by primary care physicians in the world, the third in Italy. Chronic cough in non-smoking, non-treated with ACE-inhibitor adults with normal chest radiogram could be a symptom of asthma and can be sub-classified into: cough-variant asthma, atopic cough, and eosinophilic bronchitis. This review discusses the differential diagnosis of these three disorders.
authors.affiliation: UO Pneumologia, S, Orsola-Malpighi, Bologna. alessandro.zanasi@aosp.bo.it.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Magni
authors.forename: Elisa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chellini
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zanasi