Alterations confined to the gastro-oesophageal junction: The relationship between low LOSP, TLOSRs, hiatus hernia and acid pocket

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 821-829

  Boeckxstaens, Guy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acid pocket; Gastro oesophageal junction (GOJ); Gastro oesophageal reflux disease (GORD); Hiatal hernia; Lower oesophageal sphincter (LOS); Transient lower oesophageal sphincter relaxation (TLOSR)

Indexed keywords

DIAPHRAGM; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; STOMACH CONTENT; TRANSIENT LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER RELAXATION;

EID: 78649735787     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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