Multipoint measurement of intragastric pH in healthy preterm infants

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Omari, T I ^a,b   Davidson, G P ^b  

^a WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PH MEASUREMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH PH;

EID: 0345377508     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.88.6.f517     Document Type: Article

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