Is dysphonia due to allergic laryngitis being misdiagnosed as laryngopharyngeal reflux?

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Randhawa, Premjit S ^a   Mansuri, Shaji ^a   Rubin, John S ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic laryngitis; Allergy; Dysphonia; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Laryngopharyngeal reflux

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LARYNGITIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LARYNGITIS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGURGITATION, GASTRIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 77950203473     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14015430903002262     Document Type: Article

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