Wireless pH monitoring: Better tolerability and lower impact on daily habits

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 720-724

  Grigolon, A ^a   Bravi, I ^a   Cantu P ^a   Conte, D ^a   Penagini, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Daily; Food; Gastro oesophageal reflux disease; Wireless pH monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHETER COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEMETRY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 34447294849     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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