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    Improved infusion system for intraluminal esophageal manometry. Gastroenterology 1977;77:23-27

  2. Bancewiz J, Osugi H, Marples M.
    Clinical implications of abnormal oesophageal motility. Br J Surg 1987;74:416-419

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    Esophageal motor disorders in patients evaluated for dysphagial or non-cardiac chest pain. Dysphagia 1999;7:3-7

  4. Benjamin SB, Richter JE, Cordova CM, Knuff TE, Castell DO
    Prospective manometric evaluation motility dysfunction. Gastroenterology 1983;84:893-901

  5. Breumelhof R, Nadorp JHSM, Akkermans LMA, Smout AJPM.
    Analysis of 25-hour esophageal pressure and pH data in unselected patients with noncardiac chest pain. Gastroenterology 1990;99:965-969

  6. Clouse RE, Staiano A.
    Contraction abnormalities of the esophageal body in patients referred for manometry, a new apporach to classfication. Dig Dis Sci 1983;28:784-791

  7. Cohen S, Fisher R, Lipshutz W, Turner R, Myers A, Schumacher R.
    The pathogenesis of oesophageal dysfunction in scleroderma and Raynaud's disease. J Clin Invest 1977;51:2663-2668

  8. Costantini M, Zaninotto G, Anselmino M, Boccù C, Nicoletti L, Ancona E.
    The role of a detective lower esophageal sphincter in the clinical outcome of treatment for gastroesophageal reflux. Arch Surg 1996;131:665-659

  9. Costantini M, Bremner RM, Hoeft SF, Crookes PF, DeMeester TR.
    Do motorized pull-through techniques give further informations? What are the normal values for these techniques? In R. Giuli, JP Galmiche, Jamieson GJ, C. Scarpignato The esophagogastric junction J Libbey, Paris 1998;pp 256-960

  10. Dodds WJ, Hogan WJ, Reid DP, Stewart ET, Amdorfer RC.
    A comparison between primary esophageal peristalsis following wet and dry swallows. J Appl Physiol 1973;35:851-857

  11. Ferguson SC, Hoidges K, Hersh T, Jinich H.
    Esophageal manometry in patients with chest pain and normal coronary arteriogram. Am J Gastroenterol 1981;75:12-17
  12. Gonzales M, Mearin F, Vasconez C, Armengold IR, Malagelada JR
    Oesophageal tone in patients with achalasia. Gut 1997;41:291-296

  13. Hunter G, Trus TL, Branum GD, Waring JP, Wood WC.
    A physiologic apporach to laparoscopic fundoplication for gastroesophageal reflux disease. Ann Surg 1996;223:673-687

  14. Kahrilas PJ, Clouse RE, Hogan WJ.
    American Gastroenterological Association. Technical review on the clinical use of esophageal manometry 1994;107:1865-1884
  15. Katz PO, Dalton CB, Richter JE, Wu WC, Castell DO.
    Esophageal testing of patients with non cardiac chest pain

  16. Marples MJ, Mughal M, Bancewiz J.
    Can a esophageal pH electrode be accurately positioned without manometry? In: Siewert JR, Holscher AH eds Disease of the Esophagus New York Springler Verlag 1987;1095-1097

  17. Mattix HE, Richter JE, Sinclair JW, Price JE, Case LD
    The gastroesophageal pH step up inaccurately locates the proximal lower esophageal sphincter. Dig Dis Sci 1992;37:1185-1191

  18. Meshkinpour H, Glick ME, Sanchez P, Tarvin J.
    Esophageal manometry, a cost-benefit analysis. Dig Dis Sci 1982;27772-27775

  19. Orlowsky J, Dodds WJ, Linhean JH, Dent J, Hogan WJ, Amdorfer RC,
    Requirements for accurate manometric recording, of pharyngeal and esophageal peristaltic pressure waves. Invest Radiol 1982;17:567-572

  20. Orringer MB, Orriger IS, Dabich L, Zarafonetics CJD.
    Combined Collis gastroplasty fundoplication operations for scleroderma reflux esophagitis. Surgery 1981;90:624-630

  21. Richter JE, Wu WC, Johns DN, Blackwell JN, Nelson JL, Castell JA, Castell DO.
    Esophageal manometry in 95 healthy adult volunteers. Dig Dis Sci 1987;32:583-592

  22. Richter JE, Castell DO.
    Diffuse esophageal spasma reappraisal. Ann intern Med 1984;100:242-245

  23. Stevens MB, Hookman P, Siegel Cl, Esterly JR, Shulman LE, Hendrix TR.
    Aperistalsis of the esophagus in patients with connective tissue disorders and Raynaud's phenomenon. N Eng J med 1964;270:1218-1222

  24. Vantrappen G, Janssens J, Hellemans J, Coremans G.
    Achalasia, diffuse esophageal spasm and related motility disorders. Gastroenterology 1979;76:450-457

  25. Weich RW, Luckmann K, Ricks PM, Drake ST.
    Manometry of the normal upper esophageal sphincter and its alterations in laryngectomy. J Clin Invest 1997;63:103-1041

  26. Wienbeck M.
    What are the specific problems related to microtransducers? In R. Giuli, JP Galmiche, Jamieson GJ, Scarpignato C, The esophageal junction J Libbey, Paris 1998;pp260-261

  27. Zaninotto G, De Meester TR, Schwix W, Johanson KE, Cheng C.
    The lower esophageal sphincter in helath and disease. Am j Surg 1988;155:104-111

  28. Zaninotto G, Costantini M, Boccù C, Anselmino M, Parenti A, Guidolin D, Ancona E.
    Functional and morphological sutdy of the cricopharyngeal muscle in patients with Zenker's diverticula. Br J Surg 1996;83:1263-1067