Changing focus on unexplained esophageal chest pain

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1008-1011

  Goyal, Raj K ^a  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM;

CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS PH; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0030317284     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-124-11-199606010-00010     Document Type: Article

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