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Three-Dimensional Myoarchitecture of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter and Esophageal Hiatus Using Optical Sectioning Microscopy

Studies to date have failed to reveal the anatomical counterpart of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES). We assessed the LES and esophageal hiatus morphology using a block containing the human LES and crural diaphragm, serially sectioned at 50 μm intervals and imaged at 8.2 μm/pixel resolution. A 3...

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Autores principales: Zifan, Ali, Kumar, Dushyant, Cheng, Leo K., Mittal, Ravinder K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5640646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29030643
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-13342-y