Lower esophageal sphincter relaxation reflex kinetics: Effects of peristaltic reflexes and maturation in human premature neonates

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 299, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Pena, Eneysis M ^a   Parks, Vanessa N ^b   Peng, Juan ^b   Fernandez, Soledad A ^a   Di Lorenzo, Carlo ^a   Shaker, Reza ^c   Jadcherla, Sudarshan R ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastroesophageal reflux; Neonate; Primary peristalsis; Secondary peristalsis

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LIQUID; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER RELAXATION; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NEWBORN; PERISTALSIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; REFLEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SWALLOWING;

AIR; BEVERAGES; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MALUS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERISTALSIS; REFLEX; WATER;

EID: 78649735170     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: 15221547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00289.2010     Document Type: Article

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