Gender differences in proximal esophageal contractions

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 284-287

  Dantas, Roberto Oliveira ^a   Alves, Leda Maria Tavares ^a   Cassiani, Rachel De Aguiar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Esophagus, physiology; Gender identity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CONTRACTION; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNX; LARYNX CONTRACTION; MALE; MANOMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; ADOLESCENT; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949830981     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: 16784219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-28032009000400007     Document Type: Article

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