Paroxysmal laryngospasm: A typical but underrecognized supraesophageal manifestation of gastroesophageal reflux?

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 1868-1874

  Poelmans, Johan ^a   Tack, Jan ^a,b   Feenstra, Louw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bilitec monitoring; Gastroesophageal reflux; Paroxysmal laryngospasm; pH monitoring; Proton pump inhibitor; Supraesophageal reflux

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; LANSOPRAZOLE; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEARTBURN; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LARYNX SPASM; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 13644271404     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-004-9585-0     Document Type: Article

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