A Unique Esophageal Motor Pattern That Involves Longitudinal Muscles Is Responsible for Emptying in Achalasia Esophagus

Gastroenterology

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 102-111

  Hong, Su Jin ^a   Bhargava, Valmik ^b   Jiang, Yanfen ^b   Denboer, Debbie ^b   Mittal, Ravinder K ^b  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal Longitudinal Muscle Contraction; Esophagogastric Junction Achalasia; Lower Esophageal Sphincter; Ultrasound Imaging Esophagus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

EID: 77953909343     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.03.058     Document Type: Article

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