The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 1 , Pages 77-82 , July 2006

Effect of maturation of the magnitude of mechanosensitive and chemosensitive reflexes in the premature human esophagus

Received 26 May 2005 ,Revised 9 February 2006 ,Accepted 20 February 2006.

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 Supported in part by NIH (NIDDK) 7 RO3 61502-02 and RO1 DK 068158.

PII: S0022-3476(06)00128-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.02.041

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 1 , Pages 77-82 , July 2006

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