Subcardial 24-h wireless pH monitoring in gastroesophageal reflux disease patients with and without hiatal hernia compared with healthy subjects

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2714-2720

  Grigolon, Ausilia ^a,b   Cantú, Paolo ^a,b   Bravi, Ivana ^a,b   Caparello, Chiara ^a,b   Penagini, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPINE POSITION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72049097937     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.443     Document Type: Article

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