Dysphagia caused by cervical osteophytes: A rare case [3]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1147-1148

  Kanbay, Mehmet ^a   Selcuk, Haldun ^a   Yilmaz, Ugur ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL OSTEOPHYTE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; SPINE DISEASE;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; MALE; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 33745600567     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00774.x     Document Type: Letter

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