Monitoring the lower oesophageal sphincter: Sphinctometer or sleeve?

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-178

  Trudgill, N J ^a   Riley, S A ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastro oesophageal reflux; Lower oesophageal sphincter; Sleeve sensor; Sphinctometer; Transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxations

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SWALLOWING;

ADULT; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033067729     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2982.1999.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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