Segmental and total oesophageal transit time in patients with corrosive-induced oesophageal stricture

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 920-923

  Kochhar, Rakesh ^a   Mittal, Bhagwant Rai ^a   Kumar, Sunil ^a   Bhattacharya, Anish ^a   Sethy, Pradeepta Kumar ^b   Dutta, Usha ^b  

^a Departments of Gastroenterology   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Corrosive; Dysmotility; Oesophagus; Stricture; Transit time

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL TRANSIT TIME; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMAN; MALE; SCINTIGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CAUSTICS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 37349112142     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e3282f1b966     Document Type: Article

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