A critical approach to noncardiac chest pain: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 958-968

  Fang, John ^a   Bjorkman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTACID AGENT; CIMETIDINE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; OMEPRAZOLE; RANITIDINE;

ALGORITHM; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; THORAX PAIN;

ALGORITHMS; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 0035055180     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02241-9     Document Type: Review

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