Reproducibility of symptom association analysis in ambulatory reflux monitoring

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2200-2208

  Aanen, Marissa C ^a   Bredenoord, Albert J ^b   Numans, Mattys E ^a   Samson, Melvin ^a   Smout, André J P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY REFLUX MONITORING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MONITORING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; SYMPTOM ASSOCIATION PROBABILITY; SYMPTOM INDEX; SYMPTOM SENSITIVITY INDEX; THORAX PAIN;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 50649093124     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02067.x     Document Type: Article

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