Oesophageal Motor Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Clinical and Manometric Study
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Digestion
- Vol. 39 (3) , 144-150
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000199618
Abstract
Oesophageal motor function was clinically and manometrically investigated by means of a low-compliance system in 24 nonselected rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and 15 healthy controls. Dysphagia was referred by 37.5% of RA patients. Oesophageal motor abnormalities were discovered to be significantly present in a high percentage (62.5%) of patients with RA. However, there was no correlation between oesophageal motor abnormalities and any disease characteristic. It is concluded that a high percentage of RA patients have an oesophageal motor dysfunction, even in the absence of dysphagic symptoms.Keywords
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