Crohn's disease and pregnancy.
- 1 January 1984
- Vol. 25 (1) , 52-56
- https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.25.1.52
Abstract
Distal oesophageal pH was monitored for three hours after a standard meal in 10 young healthy subjects without symptoms of gastro-oesophageal reflux. Episodes of reflux occurred in nine of these subjects; and, in five, oesophageal pH was less than 5 for between 11 and 75% of the first postprandial hour. Intermittent incompetence of the lower oesophageal sphincter after food must, therefore, be regarded as a normal phenomenon. The method described would be suitable for the evaluation of agents believed to weaken or to strengthen the lower oesophageal sphincter.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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