High amplitude contractions in the middle third of the oesophagus: A manometric marker of chronic alcoholism?

Gut

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 655-662

  Grande, L ^a,b   Monforte, R ^a,b   Ros, E ^a,b   Toledo Pimentel, V ^a,b   Estruch, R ^a,b   Lacima, G ^a,b   Urbano Marquez, A ^a,b   Pera, C ^a,b  

^a Gastroenterology Service   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

24 hour intraoesophageal pH monitoring; alcohol; gastro oesophageal reflux; oesophageal motility; oesophagitis; oesophagus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0029889488     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.5.655     Document Type: Article

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