Disorders of the oesophagus and stomach in infants

Bailliere's Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 547-571

  Thomson, Mike ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colic; Congenital gastric anomalies; Cow's milk protein intolerance; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Helicobacter pylori; Infant; Menetrier's disease; Oesophagogastric ontogeny; Pyloric stenosis

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEXAMETHASONE; DOMPERIDONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GAVISCON; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; INDOMETACIN; LANSOPRAZOLE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MILK PROTEIN; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

BARIUM MEAL; COLIC; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ENTERITIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEEDING DISORDER; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INFANT; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MANOMETRY; MILK INTOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPTIC ULCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS STENOSIS; REVIEW; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; STOMACH PH; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031467250     PISSN: 09503528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3528(97)90031-2     Document Type: Article

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