Arnold nerve reflex cough syndrome
- Arnold nerve reflex cough syndrome
- a reflex cough due to irritation of the area supplied by Arnold nerve (the auricular branch of the vagus nerve); this area is the posterior and inferior portion of the external auditory canal and the posterior half of the tympanic membrane.
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