Esophageal motility, vagal function and gastroesophageal reflux in a cohort of adult asthmatics

BACKGROUND: Asthmatics are known to have esophageal hypomotility. Vagal hypofunction and prolonged intra-esophageal acidification cause esophageal hypomotility. The contribution of gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and vagal function to esophageal motility in asthmatics is unclear. We studied the relati...

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Autores principales: Amarasiri, D Lakmali, Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam, Dassanayake, Anuradha S, de Silva, Arjuna P, Ranasinha, Channa D, de Silva, H Janaka
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3527260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23057471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-12-140

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3527260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23057471
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-12-140

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