Ambulatory 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring - Reproducibility and variability of pH parameters

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1127-1133

  Wiener, G J ^a   Morgan, T M ^a   Copper, J B ^a   Castell, D O ^a   Sinclair, J W ^a   Richter, J E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

24 hour pH test; esophagitis; gastroesophageal reflux disease; gastroesophageal reflux tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; MONITORING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ACID;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023677856     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01535789     Document Type: Article

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