Deterioration of the pharyngo-UES contractile reflex in the elderly

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1563-1566

  Ren, Junlong ^a   Xie, Pengyan ^c   Lang, Ivan M ^a   Bardan, Eytan ^d   Sui, Zhumei ^a   Shaker, Reza ^a,b,e  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway protection; Pharyngeal stimulation; Upper esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

EID: 0033822452     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200009000-00031     Document Type: Article

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