Saliva transport to the distal esophagus

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1010-1016

  Dantas, Roberto O ^a   Oliveira, Ricardo B ^a   Aprile, Lilian R O ^a   Hara, Samuel H ^a   Sifrim, Daniel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Esophageal clearance; Gastroesophageal reflux; Saliva

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVATION; SCINTIGRAPHY;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SALIVA;

EID: 24744461658     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520510023297     Document Type: Article

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