Screening for Esophageal Luminal Narrowing - A Magnetic Disc Tablet as a Bolus Challenge: Preliminary Report

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-160

  Wenger, Julius ^a,b   Jackson, Robert E ^a   Norman, Steve ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal narrowing; Magnetic disc bolus

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; BIOMATERIAL; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNET; MAGNETISM; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; STERNUM; TABLET;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; BARIUM SULFATE; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TABLETS;

EID: 0842291605     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000011619.11915.d7     Document Type: Article

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