Diagnostic modalities for Gastro-esophageal reflux in infantile wheezers

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 99-103

  Patra, Soumya ^a   Singh, Varinder ^a   Chandra, Jagdish ^a   Kumar, Praveen ^a   Tripathi, Madhvi ^b  

^a KALAWATI SARAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

24 h pH monitoring; Gastro esophageal reflux; GI scintiscan; Infant; Wheezing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GASTRIC PH MONITORING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WHEEZING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 79953757640     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmq056     Document Type: Article

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