The hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter: A motility disorder with manometric features of outflow obstruction

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 692-700

  Gockel, Ines ^a   Lord, Reginald V N ^a   Bremner, Cedric G ^a,b   Crookes, Peter F ^a   Hamrah, Pedram ^a   DeMeester, Tom R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Esophagus; Hypertensive; Obstruction; Sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSIVE LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; OBSTRUCTION; PH MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0038042315     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(03)00043-X     Document Type: Article

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