Muscular architecture and manometric image of gastroesophageal barrier in the rat

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2449-2455

  Montedonico, Sandra ^a   Godoy, Jorge ^a   Mate, Alberto ^a   Possögel, Anne K ^a   Diez Pardo, Juan A ^a   Tovar, Juan A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Experimental model; Gastroesophageal barrier; Manometry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THICKNESS;

EID: 0033371246     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026678820384     Document Type: Article

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