Ambulatory 24-hour esophageal pH monitoring: Why, when, and what to do

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-22

  Streets, Christopher G ^b   DeMeester, Tom R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY MONITORING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH JUICE;

ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038240496     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200307000-00007     Document Type: Review

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