'Efficacy' of esophageal peristalsis: A manometric parameter to quantity esophageal body dysfunction

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-303

  Stein, Hubert J ^a   Singh, S ^b   DeMeester, T R ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory 24 h motility monitoring; Esophageal manometry; Esophageal motor disorders; Long esophageal myotomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 12344254600     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2004.00429.x     Document Type: Article

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