Has high-resolution manometry changed the approach to esophageal motility disorders?

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 344-351

  Bansal, Ajay ^a   Kahrilas, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Diffuse esophageal spasm; Esophageal pressure topography; Highresolution manometry; Nutcracker esophagus

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION ESOPHAGEAL PRESSURE TOPOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION MANOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77954144312     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e32833aaf61     Document Type: Review

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