Four-channel sleeve catheter for prolonged measurement of lower esophageal sphincter pressure

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2456-2461

  Schneider, Joachim H ^a,b   Crookes, Peter F ^a   Becker, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Four channel sleeve catheter; Lower esophageal sphincter pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CATHETER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033394417     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026630904455     Document Type: Article

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