Prolonged Monitoring of Esophageal Motor Function in Healthy Children

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 192-197

  Chitkara, Denesh K ^a   Fortunato, Christine ^a   Nurko, Samuel ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory esophageal motor function; Dysphagia; Esophageal motility

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PERISTALSIS; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PERISTALSIS; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; POSTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 6044256387     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: 15364801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005176-200402000-00017     Document Type: Article

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