Normal values for manometry performed with swallows of viscous test material

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-160

  Blonski, Wojciech ^a,b   Vela, Marcelo ^a   Hila, Amine ^a   Castell, Donald O ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Esophageal manometry; Liquid swallows; Viscous swallows

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; VISCOSITY;

EID: 38549176812     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701679603     Document Type: Article

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