Esophago-glottal closure reflex in human infants: A novel reflex elicited with concurrent manometry and ultrasonography

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2286-2293

  Jadcherla, Sudarshan R ^a   Gupta, Alankar ^a   Coley, Brian D ^b   Fernandez, Soledad ^b   Shaker, Reza ^c  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

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

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGLOTTAL CLOSURE REFLEX; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWALLOWING;

DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGUS; EXHALATION; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHALATION; MANOMETRY; PERISTALSIS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX;

EID: 34848921446     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01401.x     Document Type: Article

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