Postprandial stomach contents have multiple acid layers

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 612-617

  Hila, Amine ^a   Bouali, Henda ^a   Xue, Shuwen ^b   Knuff, David ^a   Castell, Donald O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal pH monitoring; Gastroesophageal reflux; Intragastric pH

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MEAL; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH PH;

ADULT; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FASTING; FEMALE; GASTRIC JUICE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; POSTURE; STOMACH;

EID: 33747507666     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004836-200608000-00010     Document Type: Article

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