Six cases of Forestier syndrome, a rare cause of dysphagia

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 126, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 775-778

  Aydin, Erdinc ^a   Akdogan, Volkan ^a   Akkuzu, Babür ^a   Kirbaş, Ismail ^a   Nuri Ozgirgin, O ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Forestier syndrome; Osteophyte

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKYLOSING HYPEROSTOSIS; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MALE; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; RIGIDITY; SNORING; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STRIDOR; SUBLUXATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TENDINITIS; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; HYPEROSTOSIS, DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33745698834     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480500504192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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