Correlation of high-frequency esophageal ultrasonography and manometry in the study of esophageal motility

Gastroenterology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 832-837

  Miller, Larry S ^a   Liu, Ji Bin ^b   Colizzo, Francis P ^b   Ter, Han ^b   Marzano, Joe ^b   Barbarevech, Chris ^b   Hedwig, Kyle ^b   Leung, Lucy ^b   Goldberg, Barry B ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029083379     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(95)90391-7     Document Type: Article

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