Population
34 patients with normal esophageal manometries and 11 healthy controls (total n=45)
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May warrant segment-specific manometric norms for proximal esophagus; leaves open validation in prospective motility cohorts.
The manometric behavior of the striated muscle portion of the proximal esophagus differs from the pharynx and shows similar characteristics to distal esophageal smooth muscle.
Peghini et al. (1998) studied this question.
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