Identification of diaphragmatic crural component of gastroesophageal barrier in the rat

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2420-2425

  Soto, Carmen ^a   Qi, Baoquan ^a   Diez Pardo, Juan A ^a   Tovar, Juan A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crural sling; Diaphragm; Esophagus; Gastroesophageal reflux; Manometry; Rat; Sphincter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETER; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DIAPHRAGM; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031409728     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018831705342     Document Type: Article

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