Esophageal manometry: Assessment of interpreter consistency

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 218-224

  Nayar, Devjit S ^a   Khandwala, Farah ^a   Achkar, Edgar ^a   Shay, Steven S ^a   Richter, Joel E ^a   Falk, Gary W ^a   Soffer, Edy E ^a   Vaezi, Michael F ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PH; RANDOMIZATION; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 17644393865     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-3565(04)00617-2     Document Type: Article

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