Controlled prospective evaluation of the diagnostic yield of a laryngopharyngeal screening examination during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Gut

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1232-1234

  Mullhaupt, B ^a   Jenny, D ^a   Albert, S ^a   Schmid, S ^a   Fried, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DYSPHONIA; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNGITIS; LARYNX EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 4344704060     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2003.030130     Document Type: Review

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