Oesophageal high-resolution manometry: Moving from research into clinical practice

Gut

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 405-423

  Fox, Mark R ^a,b   Bredenoord, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; CATHETER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSOR; STOMACH PRESSURE; THORAX PAIN;

CHEST PAIN; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; PERISTALSIS;

EID: 39649119091     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2007.127993     Document Type: Review

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