Assessment of combined bile acid and pH profiles using an automated sampling device in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 134-137

  Nehra, D ^b   Howell, P ^a   Pye, J K ^a   Beynon, J ^b  

^a WREXHAM MAELOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS PH; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS;

ADULT; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031962846     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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