Experimental evaluation of an endoscopic balloon for manometry of esophageal varices

Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 1692-1700

  Gertsch, Philippe ^a   Wheatley, Anthony M ^a   Maibach, Rudolf ^a   Maddern, Guy J ^a   Vauthey, J Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELASTICITY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; VEIN DIAMETER;

ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOPLASTY; ESOPHAGOSCOPES; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0026037619     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(91)90409-E     Document Type: Article

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