Reflux evaluation: Correlation between pH results, esophagitis, esophageal dysmotility, patient age, and esophageal caliber

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-305

  Chen, M Y M ^a   Gelfand, D W ^a   Ott, D J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033505717     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.1999.00061.x     Document Type: Article

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