Esophageal rings and strictures: Manometric characteristics in patients with food impaction

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-279

  Rohl L ^a   Aksglæde, Karin ^a   Funch Jensen, P ^a   Thommesen, P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Esophageal stricture, Schatzki's ring; Food impaction, manometry; Radiography

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOOD; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX PAIN; VIDEORECORDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; CATHETERIZATION; CHEST PAIN; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOOD; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0042189667     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418500127345244     Document Type: Article

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