Challenging the Limits of Esophageal Manometry

Gastroenterology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-18

  Kahrilas, Peter J ^a   Ghosh, Sudip K ^a   Pandolfino, John E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETER; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; HUMAN; INTESTINE PRESSURE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MOTILITY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 37348999858     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.11.031     Document Type: Article

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