Pachydermia is not diagnostic of active laryngopharyngeal reflux disease

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 9 I, 2004, Pages 1557-1561

  Hill, R Keith ^a   Simpson, C Blake ^a   Velazquez, Ruben ^a   Larson, Nicole ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Laryngopharyngeal reflux; Pachydermia; Reflux laryngitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; PACHYDERMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; SYMPTOM;

2-PYRIDINYLMETHYLSULFINYLBENZIMIDAZOLES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGEAL MUCOSA; LARYNGOSCOPY; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMEPRAZOLE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PROTON PUMPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFOXIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 4644302212     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200409000-00010     Document Type: Review

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