Transnasal esophagoscopy: A high-yield diagnostic tool

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 993-996

  Andrus, Jennifer G ^a   Dolan, Robert W ^b   Anderson, Timothy D ^b  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Candida esophagitis; Dysphagia; Esophageal diverticulum; Esophagitis; Esophagus; Gastroesophageal reflux; Globus; Laryngopharyngeal reflux; Transnasal esophagoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER SURGERY; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSNASAL ESOPHAGOSCOPY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANDIDIASIS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIVERTICULUM, ESOPHAGEAL; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20144363871     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000163756.89321.47     Document Type: Review

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