The role of coughing as a gastroesophageal-reflux provoking maneuver: The scintigraphical evaluation

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 440-444

  Yapici, Oktay ^a   Basoglu, Tarik ^a   Canbaz, Fevziye ^a   Sever, Aysen ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coughing; Gastroesophageal reflux; Provoking maneuver; Scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS SCINTISCANNING; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROVOCATION TEST; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUGH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 67649639455     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3283298f90     Document Type: Article

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