Timed barium esophagogram in the assessment of patients with achalasia: Reproducibility and observer variation

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 96-103

  Kostic, Srdjan ^a   Andersson, M ^a   Hellstrom M ^a   Lonroth H ^a   Lundell, L ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Esophagus; Observer variation; Radiography; Reproducibility of findings

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET RESTRICTION; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUSPENSION;

ADULT; AGED; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 22144467696     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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