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World J Gastroenterol. Feb 28, 2010; 16(8): 987-991
Published online Feb 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i8.987
Published online Feb 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i8.987
Effects of anti-hypertensive drugs on esophageal body contraction
Koichi Yoshida, Kenji Furuta, Shunji Ohara, Terumi Morita, Takashi Tanimura, Shuji Nakata, Masaharu Miki, Kenji Koshino, Yoshikazu Kinoshita, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-shi, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
Kyoichi Adachi, Department of Clinical Nursing, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Enya-cho, Izumo-shi, Shimane 693-8501, Japan
Author contributions: Yoshida K and Furuta K contributed equally to this work; Yoshida K, Furuta K, Adachi K and Kinoshita Y designed the research; Yoshida K, Furuta K, Adachi K, Ohara S, Morita T, Tanimura T, Nakata S, Miki M, Koshino K and Kinoshita Y performed the research; Yoshida K, Furuta K, Adachi K and Kinoshita Y analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript.
Supported by The Grants-in-Aid from Science Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, No. 19590724
Correspondence to: Kenji Furuta, MD, PhD, Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo-shi, Shimane 693-8501, Japan. kfuruta@med.shimane-u.ac.jp
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Received: October 29, 2009
Revised: December 9, 2009
Accepted: December 16, 2009
Published online: February 28, 2010
Revised: December 9, 2009
Accepted: December 16, 2009
Published online: February 28, 2010
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