Evaluation of esophageal function in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease using transnasal endoscopy

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1677-1682

  Yasaka, Shigeaki ^a   Murakami, Kazunari ^a   Abe, Takashi ^a   Anan, Juro ^a   Mizukami, Kazuhiro ^a   Tanahashi, Jin ^a   Okimoto, Tadayoshi ^a   Kodama, Masaaki ^a   Kudo, Yoshikuni ^b   Kawasaki, Hisanori ^b   Fujioka, Toshio ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kawasaki Medical Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Esophageal motility; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SWALLOWING; TRANSNASAL ENDOSCOPY;

EID: 70349658861     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.05973.x     Document Type: Article

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