Pathophysiological mechanisms of extraesophageal reflux in otolaryngeal disorders

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 266, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-24

  Schreiber, Sören ^a   Garten, Désirée ^a   Sudhoff, Holger ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b OWL University   (Germany)

Author keywords

Extraesophageal reflux; Gastroesophageal reflux; Laryngeal diseases; Laryngopharyngeal reflux; Middle ear disease; Transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxation

Indexed keywords

PEPSIN A;

AUDITORY TUBE; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; EAR NOSE THROAT DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS; EXTRAESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LARYNX DISORDER; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; OTITIS MEDIA; OTOLARYNGEAL DISORDER; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNX; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 57149143071     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-008-0770-1     Document Type: Review

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