Lower esophageal sphincter monitoring with sphinctometer: In vitro and in vivo studies

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 3 40-3, 1999, Pages

  Pehlivanov, Nonko ^a   Liu, Jianmin ^a   Arora, Tania ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal manometry; Esophageal motility; Transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PH; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

EID: 0032834074     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.277.3.g577     Document Type: Article

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