Nutcracker oesophagus: Association with chest pain and dysphagia controlling for gastro-oesophageal reflux

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 717-722

  Fornari, F ^a,d   Farre R ^b   van Malenstein, H ^b   Blondeau, K ^b   Callegari Jacques, S M ^c   Barros, S G S ^d  

^a ENDOPASSO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chest pain; Dysphagia; Gastro oesophageal reflux; Nutcracker oesophagus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH AMPLITUDE PERISTALTIC ESOPHAGEAL CONTRACTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEST PAIN; COMORBIDITY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 48149113301     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2008.02.018     Document Type: Article

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