Laryngopharyngeal reflux: A prospective analysis of a 34 item symptom questionnaire

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 455-459

  Papakonstantinou, L ^a   Leslie, P ^a   Gray, J ^a   Chadwick, T ^a   Hudson, M ^b   Wilson, J A ^a,b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGURGITATION, GASTRIC;

EID: 70349518935     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4486.2009.01998.x     Document Type: Article

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