The chewable barium tablet slow tracking of oral and pharyngeal swallowing dysfunction

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 321-323

  Pochaczevsky, Rubem ^a,b  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Barium Tablets; Dysphagia

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BARIUM MEAL; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEGLUTITION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; TABLETS;

EID: 0031778301     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-199806000-00023     Document Type: Article

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