GI Motility Online

Abbreviations

From the following article

Esophageal motility disorders

W.G. Paterson, Raj K. Goyal and Fortunée Irene Habib

GI Motility online (2006)

doi:10.1038/gimo20

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CCK

cholecystokinin

CT

computed tomography

DMV

dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus nerve

EGJ

esophagogastric junction

GABA

gamma-aminobutyric acid

GEJ

gastroesophageal junction

GER

gastroesophageal reflux

GERD

gastroesophageal reflux disease

GI

Gastrointestinal

HLAs

human leukocyte antigens

LES

lower esophageal sphincter

NO

nitric oxide

NOS

nitric oxide synthase

NTS

nucleus tractus solitarius

TLESR

transient lower esophageal sphincter relaxation

VIP

vasoactive intestinal peptide

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