Does this patient have oesophageal motility abnormality or pathological acid reflux?

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 475-484

  Hong, S N ^a   Rhee, P L ^a   Kim, J H ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Kim, Y H ^a   Kim, J J ^a   Rhee, J C ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Oesophageal motility abnormality; Oesophageal symptoms; Pathological acid exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; STOMACH ACID;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACID; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 26944499461     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2005.01.018     Document Type: Article

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