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To the Editor: Mantzouranis et al. (April 10 issue)¹ call attention to a feature of the patchy epithelial inflammatory disease we name according to the area of prime involvement as asthma, allergic rhinitis, or eczema. In adults, the manifestation noted by these authors is termed "postnasal drip." The assumption is that the secretions seen are formed in the nasal cavity and "drip" down to the trachea, where they induce cough. This complex of symptoms and that described by Mantzouranis et al. as throat clearing are more likely to reflect the same type of inflammation seen in the small airways and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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N Engl J Med 2003; 348:1502-1503, Apr 10, 2003. Correspondence

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