Patients with isolated laryngopharyngeal reflux are not obese

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1042-1045

  Halum, Stacey L ^a   Postma, Gregory N ^a   Johnston, Crawford ^a   Belafsky, Peter C ^a   Koufman, Jamie A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; pH probe testing; Reflux

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BODY MASS INDEX; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; OBESITY; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20144377737     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000162656.05715.57     Document Type: Article

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