Laryngo-upper esophageal sphincter contractile reflex in humans deteriorates with age

Gastroenterology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-64

  Kawamura, Osamu ^a   Easterling, Caryn ^a   Aslam, Muhammad ^a   Rittmann, Tanya ^a   Hofmann, Candy ^a   Shaker, Reza ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

UES; upper esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; STIMULATION; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 3242665901     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2004.03.065     Document Type: Article

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