Uses of Esophageal Function Testing: Dysphagia

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 643-654

  Yazaki, Etsuro ^a,b   Woodland, Philip ^a,b   Sifrim, Daniel ^a,b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Esophageal motility; High resolution manometry; Impedance planimetry

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISTAL ESOPHAGEAL SPASM; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGEAL FUNCTION TEST; ESOPHAGEAL HYPOMOTILITY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION DISTENSIBILITY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS EXAMINATION; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FUNCTIONAL DYSPHAGIA; HUMAN; HYPERCONTRACTILE ESOPHAGUS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; IMPEDANCE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MANOMETRY;

EID: 84912525237     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: 15581950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.giec.2014.06.008     Document Type: Review

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