Role of altered responsiveness of hypertrophic smooth muscle in manometric abnormalities of the obstructed opossum oesophagus

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-119

  Shirazi, S ^a   Schulze Delrieu, K ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormal motility; Oesophageal force; Oesophageal manometry; Oesophageal obstruction; Smooth muscle hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029992721     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.1996.tb00251.x     Document Type: Article

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