Sensitive pepsin immunoassay for detection of laryngopharyngeal reflux

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1473-1478

  Knight, John ^a   Lively, Mark O ^a   Johnston, Nikki ^a   Dettmar, Peter W ^a   Koufman, Jamie A ^a,b  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gastroesophageal reflux; GERD; Immunoassay; Laryngopharyngeal reflux; Larynx; Pepsin; pH monitoring; Reflux laryngitis; Sputum

Indexed keywords

PEPSIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; LARYNGITIS; MALE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX LARYNGITIS; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STOMACH JUICE;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTRIC JUICE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LARYNGITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PEPSIN A; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 23344449645     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000172043.51871.d9     Document Type: Article

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