Diagnostic yield of oesophageal pH monitoring in patients with chronic unexplained cough

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-19

  Bogte, Auke ^a   Bredenoord, Arjan J ^b   Smout, André J P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic cough; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Oesophageal; pH monitoring; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37549015257     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701580421     Document Type: Article

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