Oesophageal ph monitoring in infants: Elimination of gastric buffering does not modify reflux index

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 902-905

  Hegar, Badriul ^a   Vandemaele, Kris ^a   Arana, Albaro ^a   Vandenplas, Yvan ^a,b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acid; Gastric buffering; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Oesophageal pH monitoring; PHmetry; Reflux

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; NEWBORN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH PH;

EID: 0033799496     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2000.02234.x     Document Type: Article

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