Effect of age on proximal esophageal response to swallowing

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 339-343

  Dantas, Roberto Oliveira ^a   Alves, Leda Maria Tavares ^a   Dalmazo, Juciléia ^a   Santos, Carla Manfredi Dos ^a   Cassiani, Rachel De Aguiar ^a   Nascimento, Weslania Viviane Do ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Deglutition; Esophagus; Muscle contraction; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

EID: 78751544499     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: 16784219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032010000400004     Document Type: Article

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