Injection therapy of the lower esophageal sphincter for the treatment of GERD

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 545-552

  Edmundowicz, Steven A ^a,b  

^a Washington Univ School of Medicine ^*

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ETHYLENE VINYL ALCOHOL COPOLYMER; TANTALUM;

DEVICE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; POLYVINYLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTON PUMPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842434264     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(03)02881-5     Document Type: Review

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