A Unique Longitudinal Muscle Contraction Pattern Associated With Transient Lower Esophageal Sphincter Relaxation

Gastroenterology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1322-1331

  Babaei, Arash ^a   Bhargava, Valmik ^a   Korsapati, Hariprasad ^a   Zheng, Wei Hao ^a   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; SWALLOWING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 42949108690     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.02.031     Document Type: Article

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