Globus sensation: Pharyngoesophageal function, psychometric and psychiatric findings, and follow-up in 88 patients

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1365-1373

  Moser, Gabriele ^a   Wenzel Abatzi, Thalia Anthi ^a   Stelzeneder, Monika ^a   Wenzel, Thomas ^a   Weber, Ute ^a   Wiesnagrotzki, Stefan ^a   Schneider, Christa ^a   Schima, Wolfgang ^a   Stacher Janotta, Giselheid ^a   Vacariu Granser, Gerda Viktoria ^a   Pokieser, Peter ^a   Bergmann, Helmar ^a,b   Stacher, Georg ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Psychophysiology Unit   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS FOREIGN BODY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GLOBUS HYSTERICUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SWALLOWING;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTRIC EMPTYING; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 17144461522     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.12.1365     Document Type: Article

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