Deglutitive upper esophageal sphincter relaxation: A study of 75 volunteer subjects using solid-state high-resolution manometry

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 291, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Ghosh, Sudip K ^a   Pandolfino, John E ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Jarosz, Andrew ^a   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deglutitive sphincter resistance; Intrabolus pressure; Relaxation interval

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOPHARYNX; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33748333282     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00081.2006     Document Type: Article

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