Stimulus and site specific induction of hiccups in the oesophagus of normal subjects

Gut

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  Fass, R ^b   Higa, L ^a   Kodner, A ^a   Mayer, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic distension device; Hiccups; Oesophageal mechanoreceptors; Perception thresholds; Phasic distension; Ramp distension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FEMALE; HICCUP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 20644447801     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.41.5.590     Document Type: Article

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