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Rapidly worsening bulbar symptoms in a patient with spinobulbar muscular atrophy

Neurology International, 2013
X-linked spinobulbar muscular atrophy (Kennedy’s disease) affects muscles and motor neurons, manifesting as weakness and wasting of bulbar, facial, and proximal limb muscles due to loss of anterior horn cells in the brain and spinal cord.
Montserrat Diaz-Abad, Neil C. Porter
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Relationship Between Lesion Size, Voice Quality, and Quality of Life in Children With Vocal Nodules

The Laryngoscope, Volume 135, Issue 12, Page 4955-4964, December 2025.
This study examines the relationship between lesion size, auditory‐perceptual ratings, patient‐related quality of life measure, and acoustic voice measures in children with vocal nodules. Lesion size on HSV correlated moderately with overall severity of auditory‐perceptual voice rating and with acoustic measures of CPP and CSID, but not with PVRQOL ...
Rita R. Patel, Shaheen N. Awan, Maggie Stall, Benjamin Seiwert, Nassim Ahmadi, Hagar Feinstein, Diane Chen, Lauren Sowa, Joseph E. Dohar, Katherine Verdolini Abbott   +9 more
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Substernal goiter and laryngopharyngeal reflux

Archives of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 2017
Objective This study aims to compare the prevalence of laryngopharyngeal reflux signs between two groups of patients undergoing thyroidectomy for voluminous goiter: substernal goiters and voluminous cervical goiter without thoracic extension.
Mariana Gonçalves Rodrigues, Vergilius José Furtado de Araujo Filho, Leandro Luongo de Matos, Flávio Carneiro Hojaij, Cesar Augusto Simões, Vergilius José Furtado de Araujo Neto, Daniel Marin Ramos, Renata Lorencetti Mahmoud, Letícia de Moraes Mosca, Gustavo Borges Manta, Erivelto Martinho Volpi, Lenine Garcia Brandão, Claudio Roberto Cernea   +12 more
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Dysbiosis and Links of the Middle Ear, Nasal, and Oral Microbiota in Chronic Otitis Media with Effusion

MedComm, Volume 6, Issue 12, December 2025.
This study profiled the microbiota of the middle ear, nasal cavity, and oral cavity in 100 COME patients and 77 controls using 16S rRNA sequencing. Key COME‐associated taxa were enriched in both otic and nasal sites, with strong inter‐site correlations.
Jin Li, Shenglong Xu, Qin Gu, Xuan Sun, Yahan Zhao, Peng Zhang, Yi Li, Yan Zhao, Luo Zhang   +8 more
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Higher levels of total pepsin and bile acids in the saliva as a possible risk factor for early laryngeal cancer

Radiology and Oncology, 2015
Background. Gastroesophageal reflux is suspected to be an etiological factor in laryngeal and pharyngeal cancer. The aim of this study was to establish, using a non-invasive method, whether laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) appears more often in patients ...
Sereg-Bahar Maja, Jerin Ales, Hocevar-Boltezar Irena   +2 more
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Management of Vocal Fold Leukoplakia

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Volume 11, Issue 4, Page 568-577, December 2025.
ABSTRACT Vocal fold leukoplakia (VFL) is a descriptive term for a white plaque in the true vocal folds (TVF). It is estimated at 10.2 cases per 100,000 males and 2.1 per 100,000 females. The most critical aspect of managing a VLF is achieving an accurate pathological diagnosis, since a white plaque in the TVF can have numerous differential diagnoses ...
Isabela H. Schettini, Thomas L. Carroll
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Laryngopharyngeal Reflux in Pregnancy [PDF]

Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2011
Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) is the retrograde movement of gastric contents (acid and enzymes such as pepsin) in to the upper aerodigestive tract especially the laryngopharynx leading to symptoms referable to inflammatory diseases of larynx ...
Worapong Vejvechaneyom
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بررسی نقش هلیکو باکتر پیلوری در رینوسینوزیت مزمن [PDF]

, 2007
زمینه و هـدف: ریفلاکس لارنگـوفارنژیال (LPR) محتـویات معـده موجب ایجـاد علائـم و بیمـاری‌های متفـاوتی می‌گـردد کـه از آن جمـله رینوسینـوزیت مـزمن (CRS) است. در تعییـن پاتوفیـزیولوژی ریفلاکس لارنگـوفارنژیال به نقـش هلیکو باکتر پیلوری توجـه شـده است ولـی در
افضل‌آقایی, منـور, باقـری, محمـود, سیدی, محمد, قزوینی, کیـارش, نعیمی, محمد   +4 more
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Laryngopharyngeal reflux: current perspectives and controversies

Сучасні медичні технології
The aim of this study is to systematize current concepts and describe key pathogenetic variants of laryngopharyngeal reflux formation based on the analysis of recent experimental research and clinical observations. Materials and methods.
V. M. Kryshtal, O. V. Melnikova, O. V. Khorolets, O. V. Hancheva   +3 more
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