Electroesophagogram: An experimental study on the electromechanical activity of the esophagus

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 245-251

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Action potentials; Esophagus; Intraesophageal pressure; Pacesetter potentials; Slow waves

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; DOG; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; MALE; MYOTOMY; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030762929     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000172553     Document Type: Editorial

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