Impaired gastric relaxation in patients with achalasia.
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Impaired gastric relaxation in patients with achalasia.
Achalasia is considered a primary motility disorder confined to the oesophagus. The lower oesophageal sphincter (LOS) in achalasia is frequently hypertonic and manifests absent or incomplete relaxation in response to deglution. On the other hand, the LOS and the proximal stomach act physiologically as a functional unit whereby relaxation of the LOS during deglution is associated with receptive ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 1995
ISSN: 0017-5749
DOI: 10.1136/gut.36.3.363