Addition of pH-Impedance Monitoring to Standard pH Monitoring Increases the Yield of Symptom Association Analysis in Infants and Children with Gastroesophageal Reflux

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-252

  Loots, Clara M ^a   Benninga, Marc A ^a   Davidson, Geoffrey P ^b,c   Omari, Taher I ^b,c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SYMPTOM;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 58149482051     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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