Response of the esophageal body to wet and dry swallows in Chagas' disease Resposta do corpo do esôfago a deglutições de água e secas na doença de Chagas

BACKGROUND: Wet swallows cause a greater esophageal contraction amplitude and duration than dry swallows. In Chagas' disease there is a reduction in amplitude of esophageal contraction but we do not know if the difference between wet and dry swallows is seen in the disease. AIM: To compare the...

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Main Authors: Roberto Oliveira Dantas, Lilian Rose Otoboni Aprile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2008-09-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032008000300005