Globus pharyngeus: A review of its etiology, diagnosis and treatment

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2462-2471

  Lee, Bong Eun ^a   Kim, Gwang Ha ^a  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Globus; Proton pump inhibitor; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABNORMAL UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER FUNCTION; ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; CHRONIC SINUSITIS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DUAL PROBE AMBULATORY PH MONITORING; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL MOTOR DISORDER; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; FLEXIBLE ESOPHAGOGASTROSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; GASTRIC PH MONITORING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; GASTROSCOPY; GLOBUS PHARYNGEUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LARYNGOPHARYNGEAL REFLUX; LYMPHANGIOMA; MANOMETRY; METASTASIS; MULTICHANNEL INTRALUMINAL IMPEDANCE MONITORING; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PHARYNGITIS; POSTCRICOID LYMPHANGIOMA; REFLUX SYMPTOM INDEX; RELAXATION TRAINING; RETROVERTED EPIGLOTTIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SPEECH THERAPY; STRESS; THROAT DISEASE; THYROID DISEASE; THYROIDECTOMY; TONGUE PAPILLA HYPERTROPHY; TONSILLITIS; TREND STUDY; VIDEOFLUOROSCOPY; ALGORITHM; COGNITIVE THERAPY; PHARYNX DISEASE; SENSATION;

ALGORITHMS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; HUMANS; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS; SENSATION; SPEECH THERAPY;

EID: 84871865687     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i20.2462     Document Type: Review

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