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Effect of straining on diaphragmatic crura with identification of the straining-crural reflex. The "reflex theory" in gastroesophageal competence

BACKGROUND: The role of the crural diaphragm during increased intra-abdominal pressure is not exactly known. We investigated the hypothesis that the crural diaphragm undergoes reflex phasic contraction on elevation of the intra-abdominal pressure with a resulting increase of the lower esophageal pre...

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Autores principales: Shafik, Ahmed, Shafik, Ali A, El Sibai, Olfat, Mostafa, Randa M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC538286/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15458570
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-4-24