Symptom hypersensitivity to acid infusion is associated with hypersensitivity of esophageal contractility

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 287, Issue 1 50-1, 2004, Pages

  Bhalla, Vikas ^b   Liu, Jianmin ^b   Puckett, James L ^b   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a  

^a Section of Gastroenterology 111D   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Heartburn; Sustained esophageal contraction; Visceral hypersensitivity

Indexed keywords

ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042636956     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00420.2003     Document Type: Article

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