Are 10 Wet Swallows an Appropriate Sample of Esophageal Motility? Yes and No

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-34

  Jalil, Sajid ^a   Sperandio, Monicca ^a   Tutuian, Radu ^a   Castell, Donald O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal motility; Manometric studies; Wet swallows

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSDUCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0346749421     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200401000-00008     Document Type: Article

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