Medically unexplained symptoms and somatisation in ENT

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 127, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 452-457

  Ullas, G ^a   McClelland, L ^a   Jones, N S ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catarrh; Dizziness; Globus Pharyngeus; Medically Unexplained Symptoms; Otorhinolaryngology; Somatization; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANXIETY; AUDITORY PROCESSING DISORDER; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; BACTERIAL SINUSITIS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSULTATION; DENTAL SURGERY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DIZZINESS; DYSAUTONOMIA; DYSPHONIA; FACE PAIN; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOCHONDRIASIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SUBJECT HEADINGS; MENTAL INSTABILITY; META ANALYSIS; MIGRAINE; MOUTH BREATHING; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLACEBO EFFECT; REVIEW; RHINOSINUSITIS; SELF CARE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMATIZATION; TINNITUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; TUNING CURVE; TYMPANOMETRY; VERTIGO;

HUMANS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC DISEASES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84877708675     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215113000339     Document Type: Review

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