Does simultaneous gastric and esophageal pH monitoring increase the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux disease?

Turkish Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-16

  Demir, Hülya ^a   Özen, Hasan ^a   Koçak, Nurten ^a   Saltik Temizel Figen Gürakan, Inci Nur ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Simultaneous gastric and esophageal pH monitoring

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUGHING; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH PH; VOMITING; WHEEZING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17844375641     PISSN: 00414301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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