Basal pressure patterns and reflexive motor responses in the human ileocolonic junction

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 2 39-2, 1999, Pages

  Dinning, P G ^a   Bampton, P A ^a   Kennedy, M L ^a   Kajimoto, T ^a   Lubowski, D Z ^a   De Carle, D J ^a   Cook, I J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colon; Ileum; Pressure reflex; Sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CECUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILEOCECAL VALVE; ILEOSTOMY; INTESTINE PRESSURE; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032914786     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.276.2.g331     Document Type: Article

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