A scintigraphic study of local oesophageal bolus transit: Differences between patients with Barrett's oesophagus and healthy controls

Gut

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 159-164

  Stier, A W ^a,b   Stein, H J ^b   Allescher, H D ^b   Feith, M ^b   Schwaiger, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE;

EID: 0036153674     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.50.2.159     Document Type: Article

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