Reversal of Asynchrony Between Circular and Longitudinal Muscle Contraction in Nutcracker Esophagus by Atropine

Gastroenterology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 796-802

  Korsapati, Hariprasad ^a,b   Bhargava, Valmik ^a,b   Mittal, Ravinder K ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; EDROPHONIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HIGH AMPLITUDE PERISTALTIC ESOPHAGEAL CONTRACTION; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 51249085851     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.05.082     Document Type: Article

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