Twenty-four-hour ambulatory esophageal pH monitoring in patients with symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 874-878

  Chan, Chung Chuan ^a   Lee, Chia Long ^a   Wu, Chi Hwa ^a  

^a CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Esophageal endoscopy; Esophageal pH monitoring; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Peptic esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031423450     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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