Challenges in the Swallowing Mechanism: Nonobstructive Dysphagia in the Era of High-Resolution Manometry and Impedance

Gastroenterology Clinics of North America

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 823-835

  Roman, Sabine ^a,b   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Esophagogastric junction; High resolution manometry; Impedance

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY DISORDER; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PREDICTION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWALLOWING;

EID: 81455142647     PISSN: 08898553     EISSN: 15581942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2011.09.006     Document Type: Review

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