Are oesophageal disorders a common cause of chest pain despite normal coronary anatomy?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 543-550

  Wu, E B ^a,b   Cooke, R ^a   Anggiansah, A ^a   Owen, W ^a   Chambers, J B ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDROPHONIUM; OMEPRAZOLE; PLACEBO; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANATOMY; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; EVOKED RESPONSE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STOMACH PH;

EID: 0033877316     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/93.8.543     Document Type: Note

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