Deterioration of muscle function in the human esophagus with age

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3065-3070

  Gregersen, Hans ^a,b,c   Pedersen, Jan ^a   Drewes, Asbjørn Mohr ^a,b  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Length tension relation; Preload afterload

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS PAIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; INFUSION RATE; MALE; MANOMETRY; MECHANICAL PROBE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SWALLOWING; TENSION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BUTYLSCOPOLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PERISTALSIS;

EID: 55949114689     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-008-0278-y     Document Type: Article

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