Identification and mechanism of delayed esophageal acid clearance in subjects with hiatus hernia

Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 130-135

  Mittal, Ravinder K ^a   Lange, Robert C ^a   McCallum, Richard W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, DIAPHRAGMATIC; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PERISTALSIS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 0023206072     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(87)90849-3     Document Type: Article

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