An audit of technical pitfalls of gastric barostat testing in dyspepsia

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-118

  Tutuian, R ^a   Vos, R ^b   Karamanolis, G ^b   Tack, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gastric accommodation and sensation testing; Gastric barostat; Minimal distending pressure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAROSTAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT EXAMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MOTILITY;

ARTIFACTS; COMPLIANCE; DYSPEPSIA; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 38149095108     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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