Ineffective esophageal motility does not equate to GERD

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 715-717

  Kahrilas, Peter J ^a   Pandolfino, John E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0037617458     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2003.07397.x     Document Type: Editorial

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