Esophageal contractions, bolus transit and perception of transit after swallows of liquid and solid boluses in normal subjects

CONTEXT: Esophageal dysphagia is the sensation that the ingested material has a slow transit or blockage in its normal passage to the stomach. It is not always associated with motility or transit alterations. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate in normal volunteers the possibility of perception of bolus transit...

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Main Authors: Juciléia Dalmazo, Lilian Rose Otoboni Aprile, Roberto Oliveira Dantas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2012-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032012000400004&lng=en&tlng=en