Attenuation of esophageal shortening during peristalsis with hiatus hernia

Gastroenterology

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1818-1825

  Kahrilas, Peter J ^a   Wu, Scott ^a   Lin, Shezhang ^a   Pouderoux, Philippe ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0028808043     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(95)90748-3     Document Type: Article

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