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Association of genetic variations in neurokinin-2 receptor with enhanced cough sensitivity to capsaicin in chronic cough.
Thorax - 1 Dec 2006
Park H-K, Oh S-Y, Kim T-B, Bahn J-W, Shin E-S, Lee J-E, Oh H-B, Kim Y-K, Park T, Cho S-H, Min K-U, Kim Y-Y
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Chronic cough is associated with increased sensitivity to inhaled capsaicin, and both tachykinins and their receptors play important roles in the cough reflex. However, associations between polymorphisms of the tachykinin receptor genes and cough sensitivity in patients with non-produ...
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