Ambulatory esophageal manometry/pH-metry discriminates between patients with different esophageal symptoms

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 357-364

  Paterson, William G ^a   Beck, Ivan T ^b   Wang, Hua ^b  

^a HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acid reflux; Ambulatory esophageal manometry; Chest pain; Dysphagia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHEST PAIN; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PERISTALSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0029986707     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02093829     Document Type: Article

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