Pharyngeal Swallowing: Defining Pharyngeal and Upper Esophageal Sphincter Relationships in Human Neonates

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 151, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 597-603

  Jadcherla, Sudarshan Rao ^a   Gupta, Alankar ^b   Stoner, Erin ^b   Fernandez, Soledad ^a   Shaker, Reza ^c  

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

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MANOMETRY; NEWBORN; PHARYNGEAL REFLEXIVE SWALLOWING; PHARYNGO UES CONTRACTILE REFLEX; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MANOMETRY; PHARYNX; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; REFLEX;

EID: 36249008507     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.04.042     Document Type: Article

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