Ineffective esophageal motility (IEM): The primary finding in patients with nonspecific esophageal motility disorder

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1859-1865

  Leite, Louis P ^a   Johnston, Brian T ^a   Barrett, Jeffrey ^a   Castell, June A ^a   Castell, Donald O ^a  

^a GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Gastroesophageal reflux; Motility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PERISTALSIS;

EID: 0030798739     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018802908358     Document Type: Article

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