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The cumulative number of coughs evoked by hypertonic saline challenge in 19 healthy subjects (a), 21 patients with chronic cough but without asthma (b), and 26 asthmatic patients with chronic cough (c). The dashed line indicates 15 cumulative coughs. The horizontal lines at or below zero indicate subjects who did not cough at all. Reproduced from [20] with permission.
