Low reproducibility of 2 x 24-hour continuous esophageal pH monitoring in infants and children: A limiting factor for interventional studies

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1495-1502

  Nielsen, Rasmus Gaardskaer ^a   Kruse Andersen, Søren ^a   Husby, Steffen ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child; Esophagoscopy; Gastroesophageal reflux; Infant; pH monitoring; Reproducibility of results

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHEMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TELEMETRY;

EID: 0041699971     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024703504585     Document Type: Article

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