Changes in Esophageal Motility after Acupuncture

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 1206-1211

  Vieira, Felipe M ^a   Herbella, Fernando A M ^a   Habib, Daniel H ^a   Patti, Marco G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Esophageal motility; High resolution manometry; Lower esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; REST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRESSURE; REST; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85020316570     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-017-3464-4     Document Type: Article

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