Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 5 , Pages 1322-1331 , May 2008

A Unique Longitudinal Muscle Contraction Pattern Associated With Transient Lower Esophageal Sphincter Relaxation

Received 4 October 2007 ,Accepted 24 January 2008.

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 Supported by National Institutes of Health grant RO1-DK060733.

 Conflicts of interest: None of above authors has any conflicts of interest to report.

PII: S0016-5085(08)00282-5

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.02.031

Gastroenterology
Volume 134, Issue 5 , Pages 1322-1331 , May 2008

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