Effect of lower esophageal sphincter distension and acidification on esophageal pressure and electromyographic activity: The identification of the "sphinctero-esophageal excitatory reflex"

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1126-1131

  Shafik, Ahmed ^a   Shafik, Ismail ^a   El Sibai, Olfat ^a   Mostafa, Randa ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SPHINCTERO ESOPHAGEAL EXCITATORY REFLEX;

EID: 15944417857     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.09.052     Document Type: Article

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