Impairment of the swallowing reflex in exacerbations of COPD [6]

Thorax

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1017-

  Kobayashi, Seiichi ^a   Kubo, Hiroshi ^b   Yanai, Masaru ^a  

^a Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPHAGIA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LETTER; OXYGEN THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT; STOMACH SECRETION;

AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; REFLEX;

EID: 36048987405     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.084715     Document Type: Letter

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