Diminished mechanosensitivity and chemosensitivity in patients with achalasia

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 285, Issue 6 48-6, 2003, Pages

  Brackbill, Stephen ^a   Shi, Guoxiang ^a   Hirano, Ikuo ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal motility disorders; Motility; Noncardiac chest pain; Visceral sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAROSTAT; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PATIENT; PERCEPTION; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 0344494804     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00102.2003     Document Type: Article

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