Distensibility of the esophagogastric junction assessed with the functional lumen imaging probe (FLIP™) in achalasia patients

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 496-e368

  Pandolfino, J E ^a   De Ruigh, A ^a   Nicodeme F ^a   Xiao, Y ^a   Boris, L ^a   Kahrilas, P J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Bolus retention; Esophagogastric junction distensibility; High resolution manometry; Symptom assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECKARDT SCORE; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION DISTENSIBILITY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84878012539     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nmo.12097     Document Type: Article

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