3D-high resolution manometry of the esophagogastric junction

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Kwiatek, M A ^a   Pandolfino, J E ^a   Kahrilas, P J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crural diaphragm; Esophageal manometry; Esophageal pressure topography; Esophagogastric junction; Lower esophageal sphincter; Squamocolumnar junction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING PATTERN; CRURAL DIAPHRAGM; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; EX VIVO STUDY; EXHALATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE SENSATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOCOLUMNAR JUNCTION; STOMACH;

ADULT; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053916308     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01733.x     Document Type: Article

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