Oesophageal motility patterns and arterial blood pressure in patients with chest pain and normal coronary angiogram

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 941-945

  Adamek, Romuald Joachim ^a   Bock, Stefan ^a   Pfaffenbach, Boris ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arterial hypertension; Long term manometry; Oesophageal motility

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0031773705     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199811000-00007     Document Type: Article

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