Control of belching by the lower oesophageal sphincter

Gut

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 639-646

  Wyman, J B ^a   Dent, J ^a   Heddle, R ^a   Dodds, W J ^a   Toouli, J ^a   Downton, J ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH REFLUX;

ADULT; ATROPINE; ERUCTATION; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; POSTURE; STOMACH;

EID: 0025334215     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.31.6.639     Document Type: Article

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