Lower esophageal sphincter relaxation characteristics using a sleeve sensor in clinical manometry

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2373-2379

  Shi, Guoxiang ^b   Ergun, Gulchin A ^b   Manka, Michael ^b   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

DEGLUTITION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE RELAXATION;

EID: 0032446311     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.1998.00690.x     Document Type: Article

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