Effect of Esophageal Emptying and Saliva on Clearance of Acid from the Esophagus

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 310, Issue 5, 1984, Pages 284-288

  Helm, James F ^a   Dodds, Wylie J ^a   Pelc, Lorie R ^a   Palmer, David W ^a   Hogan, Walter J ^a   Teeter, Bruce C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MANOMETRY; PERISTALSIS; SALIVA;

EID: 0021335151     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM198402023100503     Document Type: Article

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