An analysis of distal esophageal impedance in individuals with and without esophageal motility abnormalities

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 776-781

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

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bolus transit; Combined multichannel intraluminal impedance and manometry; Distal esophageal impedance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISTAL ESOPHAGUS IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; HIGH AMPLITUDE PERISTALTIC ESOPHAGEAL CONTRACTION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA ESOPHAGUS; SWALLOWING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 53749084828     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e31806daf77     Document Type: Article

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