Hiatal hernia: Myth or reality?

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 103, Issue 5 A, 1997, Pages 33S-39S

  Mittal, Ravinder K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0031450675     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9343(97)00318-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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