Static and Dynamic Function of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter before and after Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 499-504

  Crookes, Peter F ^a   Ritter, Manfred P ^a   Johnson, William E ^a   Bremner, Cedric G ^a   Peters, Jeffrey H ^a   DeMeester, Tom R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0002951109     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(97)80064-9     Document Type: Article

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