Ambulatory high-resolution manometry, lower esophageal sphincter lift and transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxation

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mittal, R K ^a   Karstens, A ^a   Leslie, E ^a   Babaei, A ^a   Bhargava, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal muscle contraction; Mechanosensitive motor neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; HOME MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84155180838     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01816.x     Document Type: Article

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