Laryngopharyngeal reflux: The value of otolaryngology examination

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 278-282

  Belafsky, Peter C ^a   Rees, Catherine J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEPSIN A;

CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPHONIA; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX EDEMA; NONHUMAN; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REFLUX FINDINGS SCORE; REFLUX SYMPTOM INDEX; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CONTENT; THROAT DISEASE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; LARYNX DISORDER; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX DISEASE;

GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGOSCOPY; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES;

EID: 54049104077     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-008-0056-1     Document Type: Review

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