Gastroesophageal reflux in bronchial asthma patients. A clinical note

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1364-1369

  Al Asoom, Lubna ^a   Al Rubaish, Abdullah M ^a   El Munshid, Hassan A ^a   Al Nafaie, Awatif ^a   Bukharie, Huda A ^a   Abdulrahman, Ibrahim S ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; POTENTIOMETRY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0346336854     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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