Esophagel involvement in juvenile localized scleroderma: A pilot study

Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 786-789

  Guariso, Graziella ^a,b   Conte, Silvia ^a   Galeazzi, Francesca ^a   Vettorato, M Grazia ^a   Martini, Giorgia ^a   Zulian, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Esophageal manmetry; Esophageal pH monitoring; Juvenile localized scleroderma; Morphea

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; JUVENILE LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA; LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; MONITORING; MORPHEA; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; BLOOD; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AUTOANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOANTIBODIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; PILOT PROJECTS; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED;

EID: 37349082513     PISSN: 0392856X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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