PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - L.J. Toop
AU  - J.G.R. Howie
AU  - F.M. Paxton
TI  - Night cough and general practice research
DP  - 1986 Feb 01
TA  - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
PG  - 74--77
VI  - 36
IP  - 283
4099  - http://bjgp.org/content/36/283/74.short
4100  - http://bjgp.org/content/36/283/74.full
SO  - J R Coll Gen Pract1986 Feb 01; 36
AB  - Thirty-four children, aged between three and nine years, presenting with nocturnal cough, were studied on successive nights using an automatic voice activated tape recorder system. Children with a family history of atopy coughed significantly more than children without such a family history. A wide variation in cough frequency was found both between and within subjects. No effects of treatment on cough frequency were demonstrated. Some of the physiological and pathological mechanisms underlying night cough are discussed.