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Esophageal pain /

This book provides in-depth coverage of all aspects of esophageal pain. Chapters cover the scope of the problem; basic science with regards to the nature of neural pathways, receptors involved in sensing pain and the role of central nervous system in sensing the pain; different stimuli responsible f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Mittal, Ravinder K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Deigo : Plural Pub., [2010]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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 Asbjørn 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.