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Hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter

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  1. Division of Gastroenterology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 95 Euclid Avenue, 44106, Cleveland, Ohio

    William D. Carey MD

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This editorial comments on the significance of studies accomplished by Dr. Nahum Freidin, et al, concerning the hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter, and published in the July issue ofDigestive Diseases and Sciences (Freidin N, Traube M, Mittal R, McCallum R: The hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter. Manometric and clinical aspects. Dig Dis Sci 34:1063–1067, 1989).

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Carey, W.D. Hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter. Digest Dis Sci 34, 1611–1612 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537119

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