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Cough

"Cough" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A sudden, audible expulsion of air from the lungs through a partially closed glottis, preceded by inhalation. It is a protective response that serves to clear the trachea, bronchi, and/or lungs of irritants and secretions, or to prevent aspiration of foreign materials into the lungs.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cough" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Cough" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 40 publications over 18 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2012
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