Evaluation of oropharyngeal dysphagia: Which diagnostic tool is superior?

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 485-489

  Langmore, Susan E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSF Speech and Swallowing Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Evaluation studies; Flexible endoscopy; Fluoroscopy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DYSPHAGIA; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; OROPHARYNX; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FIBER OPTICS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0344984242     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00020840-200312000-00014     Document Type: Review

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