A case of inability to belch

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 349-351

  Tomizawa, Michiko ^a   Kusano, Motoyasu ^a,c   Aoki, Takashi ^a   Ohashi, Sae ^a   Kawamura, Osamu ^a   Sekiguchi, Toshikazu ^b   Mori, Masatomo ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sekiguchi Medical and Dental Clinic   (Japan)

^c GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air injection; Belching disturbance; Esophageal manometry; Upper esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING;

EID: 0035031025     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1746.2001.02333.x     Document Type: Article

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