Esophageal pain / / [edited by] Ravinder K. Mittal, MD.

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Place / Publishing House:San Deigo : : Plural Publishing,, [2010]
2010
Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (193 pages) :; illustrations (some color)
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Table of 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.