Should inspection of the laryngopharyngeal area be part of routine upper gastrointestinal endoscopy? A prospective study

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 283-288

  Katsinelos, P ^a   Kountouras, J ^b   Chatzimavroudis, G ^a   Zavos, C ^b   Beltsis, A ^a   Paroutoglou, G ^a   Kamarianis, N ^a   Pournaras, A ^a   Pilpilidis, I ^a  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hyperkeratosis of arytenoid folds; Laryngitis; Laryngopharyngeal area; Leukoplakia; Reinke's oedema; Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNGITIS; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX DISORDER; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOKING; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNGITIS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 62049085923     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.06.015     Document Type: Article

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