Characteristics of upper oesophageal sphincter and oesophageal body during maturation in healthy human neonates compared with adults

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 663-670

  Jadcherla, Sudarshan R ^a,c   Duong, H Q ^b,d   Hofmann, C ^b   Hoffmann, R ^b   Shaker, R ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant; Maturation; Primary peristalsis; Swallowing; Upper oesophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; MATURATION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ADULT; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MANOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 25844487521     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2005.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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