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Endoscopic-Guided Measurement of Mucosal Admittance can Discriminate Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease from Functional Heartburn

OBJECTIVES: A novel catheter that can measure mucosal admittance (MA), the inverse of impedance, was developed recently. In this pilot study, we aimed to clarify the usefulness of measuring MA for diagnosing gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). METHODS: We conducted two prospective studies. In th...

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Autores principales: Matsumura, Tomoaki, Ishigami, Hideaki, Fujie, Mai, Taida, Takashi, Kasamatsu, Shingo, Okimoto, Kenichiro, Saito, Keiko, Maruoka, Daisuke, Nakagawa, Tomoo, Suzuki, Takeshi, Katsuno, Tatsuro, Arai, Makoto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5518945/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28569739
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ctg.2017.22