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Abstract

Intraluminal manometry has the potential to provide relevant information for clinical or research studies of pharyngeal motor function. The usefulness of this information, however, depends on appropriate manometric instrumentation and technique. In this report, we discuss the instrumentation and techniques that are currently available for meaningful acquisition and interpretation of pharyngeal pressure phenomena.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Wylie J. Dodds M.D.

  2. Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, Illinois

    Peter J. Kahrilas M.D.

  3. Department of Medicine, Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, South Australia

    John Dent M.B.B.S.

  4. Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

    Walter J. Hogan M.D.

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Dodds, W.J., Kahrilas, P.J., Dent, J. et al. Considerations about pharyngeal manometry. Dysphagia 1, 209–214 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02406919

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