Effect of body position on lower esophageal sphincter pressure

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 305-309

  Iwakiri, Katsuhiko ^a   Sugiura, Toshiaki ^a   Kotoyori, Makoto ^a   Yamada, Hisagi ^a   Hayashi, Yoshinori ^a   Nakagawa, Yoshiya ^a   Kawakami, Akihiko ^a   Kobayashi, Masafumi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body position; Esophageal manometry; Esophageal motor function; LES; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SITTING; STOMACH PRESSURE; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032810211     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005350050265     Document Type: Article

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