Prolonged manometric recordings of oesophagus and lower oesophageal sphincter in achalasia patients

Gut

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 813-821

  Van Herwaarden, M A ^a   Samsom, M ^a   Smout, A J P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Lower oesophageal sphincter; Manometry; Oesophagus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHARYNX; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOMACH;

EID: 0035177113     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.49.6.813     Document Type: Article

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