Osteophyte-induced dysphagia: An intruding facet of cervical spondylosis in the elderly [1]

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-254

  Özçakar, Levent ^a   Aydin, Yusuf ^b,c  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Social Security Institution   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cervical spondylosis; Dysphagia; Esophagography; Osteophyte; Radiography

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; IRON; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPRESSION; DIET THERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON THERAPY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY;

EID: 4544317149     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327393     Document Type: Letter

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