The diagnosis and management of globus: A perspective from Belgium

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 511-515

  Remacle, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF MONT GODINNE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ambulatory pH monitoring; Barium swallow; Endoscopy; Globus pharyngeus; impedance monitoring; Proton pump inhibitors

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BELGIUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; ECTOPIC STOMACH MUCOSA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EPIGLOTTIS; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GLOBUS PHARYNGEUS; GOITER; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; MANOMETRY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHARYNGOGRAPHY; PHARYNX TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; THROAT DISEASE; TONGUE DISEASE; TONGUE HYPERTROPHY; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA;

BELGIUM; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 60249085795     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e328313bb94     Document Type: Review

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