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 f...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-05-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnins.2013.00077/full |