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Age-related impairment of esophagogastric junction relaxation and bolus flow time

AIM: To investigate the functional effects of abnormal esophagogastric (EGJ) measurements in asymptomatic healthy volunteers over eighty years of age. METHODS: Data from 30 young controls (11 M, mean age 37 ± 11 years) and 15 aged subjects (9 M, 85 ± 4 years) were compared for novel metrics of EGJ-f...

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Autores principales: Cock, Charles, Besanko, Laura K, Burgstad, Carly M, Thompson, Alison, Kritas, Stamatiki, Heddle, Richard, Fraser, Robert JL, Omari, Taher I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5403758/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28487616
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i15.2785