Deglutitive inhibition affects both esophageal peristaltic amplitude and shortening

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 4 47-4, 2003, Pages

  Shi, Guoxiang ^a   Pandolfino, John E ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Hirano, Ikuo ^a   Joehl, Raymond J ^a   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peristalsis; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING;

EID: 0037377411     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00311.2002     Document Type: Article

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