Physiological growth is associated with esophageal morphometric and biomechanical changes in rats

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-412

  Gregersen, Hans ^a,b,c,d,e   Lu, Xiao ^a,b,c   Zhao, Jingbo ^a,b,c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Morphometry; Opening angle; Physiological growth; Residual strain

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE LENGTH; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THICKNESS; TISSUE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 4344702841     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2004.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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