Electroesophagogram in gastroesophageal reflux disease with a new theory on the pathogenesis of its electric changes

BMC Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^b   Shafik, Ismail ^a   Shafik, Ali ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acid reflux; Action potentials; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; GERD; Slow waves

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ELECTROGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MALE; MYOELECTRICITY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; WAVEFORM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERISTALSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS;

EID: 8844234236     PISSN: 14712482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2482-4-13     Document Type: Review

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