Wireless oesophageal pH monitoring: Feasibility, safety and normal values in healthy subjects

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 768-774

  Wenner, Jörgen ^a   Johnsson, Folke ^a   Johansson, Jan ^a   Öberg, Stefan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambulatory monitoring; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Human volunteers; pH

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTRANSMITTER CAPSULE; SAFETY; WIRELESS MONITORING;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22144491540     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520510023602     Document Type: Article

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