Swallows, oesophageal and gastric motility in normal subjects and in patients with gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: A 24-h pH-manometric study

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-121

  Grossi, L ^a   Ciccaglione, A F ^a   Travaglini, N ^a   Marzio, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b School of Gastroenterology   (Italy)

Author keywords

GORD; MMC; Motility; pH manometry; Swallows

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIGRATING MYOELECTRIC COMPLEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH MUSCLE; SWALLOWING;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; STOMACH;

EID: 0031920645     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.1998.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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