The influence of ageing on oesophageal motility after ingestion of liquids with different viscosities

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 793-798

  Ferriolli, Eduardo ^a   Dantas, Roberto O ^a   Oliveira, Ricardo B ^a   Braga, Francisco J N H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageing; Oesophageal motility disorders; Oesophageal physiology

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIQUID; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SWALLOWING; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; AGING; DRINKING; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0029793118     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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