New diagnostic criteria for nutcracker esophagus using conventional water-perfused manometry: A comparison between nutcracker esophagus with and without gastroesophageal reflux disease

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1239-1243

  Jung, Kee Wook ^a   Jung, Hwoon Yong ^a   Yoon, In Ja ^a   Kim, Do Hoon ^a   Chung, Jun Won ^a   Oh, Hyung Chul ^a   Choi, Kwi Sook ^a   Choi, Kee Don ^a   Song, Ho June ^a   Lee, Gin Hyug ^a   Kim, Jin Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

esophageal motility disorder; gastroesophageal reflux disease; nutcracker esophagus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTAL ESOPHAGEAL AMPLITUDE; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIGH AMPLITUDE PERISTALTIC ESOPHAGEAL CONTRACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESSURE; PROCEDURES; SOUTH KOREA; VERY ELDERLY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; NUTCRACKER ESOPHAGUS; PARAMETERS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX PAIN; WATER PERFUSED MANOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRESSURE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 77954001178     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2010.06301.x     Document Type: Article

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