Prevalence of increased esophageal muscle thickness in patients with esophageal symptoms

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 137-145

  Dogan, Ibrahim ^a   Puckett, James L ^a   Padda, Bikram S ^a   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE THICKNESS; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33846058336     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.01003.x     Document Type: Article

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