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On the origin of rhythmic contractile activity of the esophagus in early achalasia, a clinical case study

A patient with early achalasia presented spontaneous strong rhythmic non-propulsive contractions at ~7/min, independent of swallows. Our aim was to evaluate characteristics of the rhythmic contractions, provide data on the structure of pacemaker cells in the esophagus and discuss a potential role fo...

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Autores principales: Chen, Ji-Hong, Wang, Xuan-Yu, Liu, Louis W. C., Yu, Wenzhen, Yu, Yuanjie, Zhao, Liang, Huizinga, Jan D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3659367/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23734090
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2013.00077