Manometric assessment of esophageal motor function in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis

Bektas M., Seven G., İDİLMAN R., Yakut M., DOĞANAY ERDOĞAN B., Kabacam G., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE, vol.25, no.3, pp.230-234, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 25 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2014
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ejim.2014.01.008
  • Journal Name: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.230-234
  • Keywords: Primary biliary cirrhosis, Sjogren's syndrome, Esophageal motility, PRIMARY SJOGRENS-SYNDROME, GASTROESOPHAGEAL-REFLUX, AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION, MOTILITY, DISEASE, DISORDERS, DYSPHAGIA, VARICES, CLASSIFICATION, AUTOANTIBODIES
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Introduction/aim: Primary biliary cirrhosis is associated with other autoimmune diseases including Sjogren's syndrome, and scleroderma. Esophageal dysmotility is well known in scleroderma, and Sjogren's syndrome. The aim of this study is to investigate whether any esophageal motor dysfunction exists in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.