The association of gastroesophageal reflux disease with asthma and chronic cough in the adult

American Journal of Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-146

  Theodoropoulos, Demetrios S ^a,b,c   Pecoraro, Donna L ^e   Efstratiadis, Stilianos E ^d  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Saint Joseph's Hospital Wisconsin   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZONATATE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIMETIDINE; CODEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; ESTROGEN; FK 224; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LANSOPRAZOLE; LIDOCAINE; MENTHOL; N BENZYL N2 [4 HYDROXY 1 [(1 METHYL 1H INDOL 3 YL)CARBONYL]PROLYL] N METHYL 3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINAMIDE; NICOTINE; OMEPRAZOLE; OPIATE; PANTOPRAZOLE; PHENOL; PROGESTERONE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RANITIDINE; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ADULT; ASPIRATION; ASTHMA; BILIARY TRACT DISEASE; BRONCHOSPASM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG METABOLISM; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LARYNX SPASM; NAUSEA; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; OPIATE ADDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REFLEX; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; SWALLOWING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTIGO;

EID: 0041886420     PISSN: 11756365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03256602     Document Type: Review

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