tailieunhanh - Clinical measurement in gastroenterology

The investigation of the oesophagus has seen major advanciens thes econd half of the 20th Century as technology has developed and our understanding of the physiology and pathophysiology of oesophageal diseases has increased. In thew ake of these changes, research and development of oesophageal function tests have lead to a newbr eed of specialists in medicine to provide for the needs of the clinician in diagnosis and management of patients with oesophageal diseases. | Clinical Measurement in Gastroenterology Volume 1 The Oesophagus Editors DAVID F. EVANS GRAHAM K. BUCKTON Clinical Measurement in Gastroenterology Volume 1 The Oesophagus Edited by David E Evans Senior Lecturer and Research Coordinator Gastrointestinal Science Research Unit St Bartholomew s and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry B Graham K. Buckton Chief Medical Technical Officer Department of Gastroenterology Hull Royal Infirmary In collaboration with the Clinical Measurements Associates British Society of Gastroenterology Foreword by John E. Lennard-Jones Blackwell Science 1997 by Blackwell Science Ltd Editorial Offices Osney Mead Oxford 0X2 OEL 25 John Street London WC1N 2BL 23 Ainslie Place Edinburgh EH3 6AJ 350 Main Street Malden MA 02148 5018 USA 54 University Street Carlton Victoria 3053 Australia Other Editorial offices Blackwell Wissenschafts-Verlag GmbH Kurfiirstendamm 57 10707 Berlin Germany Blackwell Science KK MG Kodenmacho Building 7-10 Kodenmacho Nihombashi Chuo-ku Tokyo 104 Japan All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise except as permitted by the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published 1997 Set by Setrite Typesetters Hong Kong Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd Bodmin Cornwall The Blackwell Science logo is a trade mark of Blackwell Science Ltd registered at the United Kingdom Trade Marks Registry DISTRIBUTORS Marston Book Services Ltd PO Box 269 Abingdon Oxon OX14 4YN Orders Tel 01235 465500 Fax 01235 46555 USA Blackwell Science Inc. Commerce Place 350 Main Street Malden MA 02148 5018 Orders Tel 800 759 6102 617 388 8250 Fax 617 388 8255 Canada Copp Clark Professional 200 Adelaide St West 3rd Floor Toronto Ontario M5H 1W7 Orders Tel 416 597-1616 800 815-9417 Fax 416 597-1617 Australia Blackwell