Acid reflux immediately above the squamocolumnar junction and in the distal esophagus: Simultaneous pH monitoring using the wireless capsule pH system

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1734-1741

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

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS PH; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; NORMAL HUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STOMACH ACID; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; STOMACH PH;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33746746445     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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