Does esophageal function vary at the striated and smooth muscle segments in functional chest pain?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2201-2207

  Rao, S S C ^a,c   Hayek, B ^b   Mudipalli, R ^b   Gregersen, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 0036732696     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04330-7     Document Type: Article

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