title: Oesophageal motor activity in rheumatoid arthritis: a clinical and manometric study.
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.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Clinica Medica I, Università di Perugia, Italia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bassotti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gaburri
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Biscarini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baratta
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pelli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Del Favero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morelli
mesh_terms: D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004947:Esophagus / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008365:Manometry; D008875:Middle Aged; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D010528:Peristalsis