Successful oesophageal pH monitoring with a catheter-free system

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-454

  Ward, E M ^a   Devault, K R ^a   Bouras, E P ^a   Stark, M E ^a   Wolfsen, H C ^a   Davis, D M ^a   Nedrow, S I ^a   Achem, S R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHETER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS PH; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MICROCOMPUTER; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TELEMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATHETERIZATION; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1542329561     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2004.01868.x     Document Type: Review

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