Kyphosis, a rare cause of dysphagia

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 521-522

  Goyal, Nimit ^a   Narlawar, Ranjeet ^b   Garrett, Anne ^c  

^a Royal Liverpool Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barium swallow; Dysphagia; Elderly; Kyphosis

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS;

EID: 24644489673     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi127     Document Type: Article

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