Esophageal 24 hour-pH metry;24-Stunden-ösophagus-pH-metrie

Zeitschrift fur Gastroenterologie

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 545-556

  Pehl, Christian ^a,e   Keller, J ^b   Merio, R ^c   Stacher, G ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ISRAELITISCHES KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL LINZ   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e KLINIKUM BOGENHAUSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Indications; Interpretation; pH metry; Practical aspects

Indexed keywords

DATA ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS PH; GERMANY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT MONITORING; PH MEASUREMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERENCE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TIME;

ADULT; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTURE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141993232     PISSN: 00442771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39823     Document Type: Review

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