Evaluation of heartburn and hoarseness with the Reflux Symptom Index

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 796-

  Kyrgidis, Athanassios ^a   Printza, Athanasia ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRINKING; ESOPHAGITIS; HEARTBURN; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LETTER; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SMOKING; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 70449675061     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.09.003     Document Type: Letter

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