Dysphagia referrals to a district general hospital gastroenterology unit: Hard to swallow

Dysphagia

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 78-82

  Melleney, Elizabeth Mary Ann ^a   Subhani, Javaid Mohammed ^a   Willoughby, Charles Peter ^a  

^a BASILDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia; Referrals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 3042511835     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-003-0501-0     Document Type: Article

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