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Research Article Free access | 10.1172/JCI103814

ESOPHAGEAL CATHETERIZATION STUDIES. I. THE MECHANISM OF SWALLOWING IN NORMAL SUBJECTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE VESTIBULE (ESOPHAGO-GASTRIC SPHINCTER)

James H. Pert, Murray Davidson, Thomas P. Almy, and Marvin H. Sleisenger

Department of Medicine, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N. Y.

Department of Pediatrics, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N. Y.

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This study was supported by a grant-in-aid of the G. D. Searle and Company, Chicago, Ill., the Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, and Research Grant RG 4460 from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service.

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Department of Medicine, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N. Y.

Department of Pediatrics, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N. Y.

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This study was supported by a grant-in-aid of the G. D. Searle and Company, Chicago, Ill., the Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, and Research Grant RG 4460 from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service.

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Department of Medicine, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N. Y.

Department of Pediatrics, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N. Y.

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This study was supported by a grant-in-aid of the G. D. Searle and Company, Chicago, Ill., the Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, and Research Grant RG 4460 from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service.

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Department of Medicine, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N. Y.

Department of Pediatrics, The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, New York, N. Y.

*

This study was supported by a grant-in-aid of the G. D. Searle and Company, Chicago, Ill., the Ida and William Rosenthal Foundation, and Research Grant RG 4460 from the National Institutes of Health, United States Public Health Service.

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Published February 1, 1959 - More info

Published in Volume 38, Issue 2 on February 1, 1959
J Clin Invest. 1959;38(2):397–406. https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI103814.
© 1959 The American Society for Clinical Investigation
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