Do we really understand the role of the oesophagogastric junction in disease?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-150

  McMahon, Barry P ^a   Jobe, Blair A ^b   Pandolfino, John E ^c   Gregersen, Hans ^d  

^a ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Distensibility; Impedance planimetry; Intraluminal impedance manometry; Oesophago gastric junction

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FLUOROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE QUALITY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MUSCLE FORCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH FUNCTION; STOMACH SURGERY; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 59249095923     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.144     Document Type: Article

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