Radionuclide oesophageal transit scintigraphy - A useful method for verification of oesophageal dysmotility by cervical vertebropathy

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-50

  Hep, A ^a   Vanaskova E ^b   Tosnerova V ^b   Prasek J ^c   Vizda J ^b   Dite P ^a   Ondrousek L ^a   Dolina, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MANIPULATION, SPINAL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 0033021306     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.1999.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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