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Spatiotemporal Mapping of Motility in Ex Vivo Preparations of the Intestines
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Spatiotemporal Mapping of Motility in Ex Vivo Preparations of the Intestines

Published on: January 27, 2016

High-amplitude peristaltic contractions in a patient with esophageal intramural pseudodiverticulosis

R G Murney, J H Linne, J Curtis

    Digestive Diseases and Sciences
    |September 1, 1983
    PubMed

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