Esophageal motility disorders in terms of pressure topography: The Chicago classification

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 627-635

  Kahrilas, Peter J ^a   Ghosh, Sudip K ^a   Pandolfino, John E ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal esophageal spasm; High resolution manometry; Nutcracker esophagus

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MANOMETRY; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 42449138809     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31815ea291     Document Type: Conference Paper

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