Combined Multichannel Intraluminal Impedance and pH Esophageal Testing Compared to pH Alone for Diagnosing Both Acid and Weakly Acidic Gastroesophageal Reflux

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-177

  Hila, Amine ^a   Agrawal, Amit ^a   Castell, Donald O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID;

ACIDITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846799087     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2006.11.015     Document Type: Article

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