Esophageal Function in Systemic Sclerosis: A Prospective Evaluation of Motility and Acid Reflux in 36 Patients

The American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 870-876

  Yarze, Joseph Carl ^a,b   Varga, John ^a,b   Stampfl, David ^a,b   Castell, Donald O ^a,b   Jimenez, Sergio A ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERISTALSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 0027164053     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1993.tb03068.x     Document Type: Article

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