BRAVO wireless 48 hour pH-metric system

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hess, Tomas ^a   Hahn, Eckhart G ^a   Konturek, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

BRAVO system; GERD; pH measurement; Wireless pH capsule

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; GASTRIC PH MONITORING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; METRIC SYSTEM; PH; PH MEASUREMENT; REVIEW; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TELEMETRY;

EID: 58649110203     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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