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Esophageal Motility Disorders

"Esophageal Motility Disorders" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Disorders affecting the motor function of the UPPER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER; the ESOPHAGUS body, or a combination of these parts. The failure of the sphincters to maintain a tonic pressure may result in gastric reflux of food and acid into the esophagus (GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX). Other disorders include hypermotility (spastic disorders) and markedly increased amplitude in contraction (nutcracker esophagus).


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Esophageal Motility Disorders" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Esophageal Motility Disorders" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 24 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1993 and 2016 and 2021
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