The 'artificial high pressure zone'. A non-invasive method to study in man the effect of the inhibitory innervation to the oesophagus: Validation study using a combined manometric--barostat technique

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-169

  Sifrim, Daniel A ^a   Janssens, Jozef P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Barostat; Deglutitive inhibition; Oesophageal peristalsis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BAROSTAT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SWALLOWING; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0032908657     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199902000-00017     Document Type: Article

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