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Thirty four volunteers served as controls. All volunteers underwent manometry, 33 had oesophageal transit studies, and 23 had acid clearance test. Patients had significantly reduced lower oesophageal sphincter pressures and distal and middle oesophageal amplitudes, longer durations of contraction, and slower velocity of propagation than the controls (16.5 v 22.5 mm Hg; 52 v 92 mm Hg; 46 v 79 mm Hg; 3.1 v 2.7 seconds; and 3.3 v 4.1 cm\/second respectively with the corresponding p values = 0.017; 0.0001; 0.0001; 0.017; and 0.006). Patients had significantly longer transit times (9 v 7 and 17 v 11 seconds: p = 0.027 and 0.002 for erect and supine postures respectively). They also had longer acid clearance times (350 v 288 and 536 v 405 seconds: p = 0.044 and 0.016 for sitting and supine postures respectively). There was no significant change in any of the indices of oesophageal function after healing of oesophagitis (lower oesophageal sphincter pressure = 16.5 v 20; distal amplitude = 52 v 60; middle amplitude = 46 v 49; duration of contraction = 3.1 v 3.1; velocity = 3.3 v 3.3; erect transit time = 9 v 9; supine transit time = 17 v 24; acid clearance test (sitting) = 350 v 371; acid clearance test (supine) = 536 v 645). 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