Esophageal impedance/pH monitoring in pediatric patients: Preliminary experience with 50 cases

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2341-2347

  Mattioli, Girolamo ^a   Pini Prato, Alessio ^a   Gentilino, Valerio ^a   Caponcelli, Enrica ^a   Avanzini, Stefano ^a   Parodi, Stefano ^b   Rossi, Giovanni A ^a   Tuo, Pietro ^b   Gandullia, Paolo ^b   Vella, Claudio ^a   Jasonni, Vincenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atypical symptoms; Childhood; Gastroesophageal reflux; Impedance; PHmetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INFANT; INNERVATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846971291     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-006-9374-z     Document Type: Article

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