Physiologic and Pathologic Belching

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 772-775

  Bredenoord, Albert J ^a   Smout, André J P M ^b  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETICONE; SIMETHICONE;

AEROPHAGIA; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BELCHING; BLOATING; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FLATULENCE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; REFLEX; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; STOMACH DISTENSION; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

AEROPHAGY; ERUCTATION; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 34447098799     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.02.018     Document Type: Review

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