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Volume 109, Issue 8, Pages 963-969 (August 2015)
Detecting laryngopharyngeal reflux in patients with upper airways symptoms: Symptoms, signs or salivary pepsin? Alexander Spyridoulias, Siobhan Lillie, Aashish Vyas, Stephen J. Fowler Respiratory Medicine Volume 109, Issue 8, Pages (August 2015) DOI: /j.rmed Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
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Fig. 1 Flow diagram of the study procedures.
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Fig. 2 Average score for each component of the RFS for subjects who were pepsin positive (PP) and pepsin negative (PN). Respiratory Medicine , DOI: ( /j.rmed ) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
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Fig. 3 Scatter plot demonstrating relationship between symptoms and signs of reflux for pepsin positive and pepsin negative subjects. RSI = Reflux Symptom Index; RFS = Reflux Finding Score. Cut-off lines added to indicate a high RSI of >13 and RFS of >7. Superimposed shapes are shown for 13 patients who also had oesophageal studies: squares = negative study; triangles = positive study. Respiratory Medicine , DOI: ( /j.rmed ) Copyright © 2015 Elsevier Ltd Terms and Conditions
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