Investigation of esophageal sensation and biomechanical properties in functional chest pain

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Nasr, I ^a   Attaluri, A ^a   Hashmi, S ^a   Gregersen, H ^b   Rao, S S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Balloon distension test; Esophagus; Functional chest pain; Sensory and biomechanical properties

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERALGESIA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; NONCARDIAC CHEST PAIN; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THORAX PAIN; VISCERAL PAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BALLOON DILATATION; BIOMECHANICS; CHEST PAIN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77950673444     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2009.01451.x     Document Type: Article

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