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International Journal of Otolaryngology
Volume 2010, Article ID 159630, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/159630
Clinical Study

The Natural History of Globus Pharyngeus

E. C. Cashman1 and M. J. Donnelly2

1Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,Harvard Medical School, Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
2Department of Otolaryngology, Waterford Regional Hospital, Waterford, Ireland

Received 3 November 2010; Accepted 9 December 2010

Academic Editor: Charles Monroe Myer

Copyright © 2010 E. C. Cashman and M. J. Donnelly. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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