Normal esophageal body function: A study using ambulatory esophageal manometry

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-187

  Bremner, Ross M ^a   Costantini, Mario ^a   DeMeester, Tom R ^a   Bremner, Cedric G ^a   Hoeft, Sebastian F ^a   Crookes, Peter F ^a   Peters, Jeffery H ^a   Hagen, Jeffery A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

ADULT; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032008392     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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