Transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxations: How many or how harmful?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2529-2532

  Sifrim, Daniel ^a   Holloway, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURE; EDITORIAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; NORMAL VALUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION;

ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH;

EID: 0034821416     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(01)02658-2     Document Type: Editorial

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