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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...
Autores principales: | Amarasiri, D Lakmali, Pathmeswaran, Arunasalam, Dassanayake, Anuradha S, de Silva, Arjuna P, Ranasinha, Channa D, de Silva, H Janaka |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2012
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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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