| Description |
1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
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text rdacontent |
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computer rdamedia |
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online resource rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Heartburn and esophageal pain : scope of the problem / John Dent -- Functional heartburn : what is it? / Ronnie Fass -- Nature of esophageal pain receptors / Amanda J. Page and Ashley Blackshaw -- Vagal and spinal distension sensitive primary afferents of the esophagus : implications for visceral nociceptors / Raj K. Goyal -- The esophageal mucosa and heartburn / Roy C. Orlando -- Neutral reflux (weakly acid) in typical and atypical GERD symptoms / Daniel Sifrim -- Longitudinal muscle contraction, TLESR, reflux & pain / Ravinder Mittal -- Biomechanics of sensation / Hans Gregersen and Asbjrn Mohr Drewes -- Molecular pathways and their sensitization / Pankaj Jay Pasricha -- Cortical processing of esophageal pain / Adeyemi Lawal and Reza Shaker -- Esophageal hypersensitivity : is it peripheral or central? / A. Sharma and Qasim Aziz -- Diagnostic strategy for esophageal pain / Peter J. Kahrilas -- How to treat esophageal chest pain / Satish S.C. Rao -- New drugs on the horizon for the treatment of esophageal pain / Anders Lehmann. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Heartburn.
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Esophagus -- Pathophysiology.
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Esophagus -- Innervation.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Mittal, Ravinder K., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Esophageal pain. San Deigo : Plural Pub., [2010] xi, 180 pages ; 26 cm 9781597563376 (DNLM)101503207 |
| ISBN |
9781597563376 (alk. paper) |
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1597563374 (alk. paper) |
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9781597567701 (electronic bk.) |
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