Akinari Sawada, Mengyu Zhang, Ahsen Ustaoglu, Kornilia Nikaki, Chung Lee, Philip Woodland, Etsuro Yazaki, Shingo Takashima, Masaki Ominami, Fumio Tanaka, Clorinda Ciafardini, Fabio Nachman, Andrés Ditaranto, Joaquín Agotegaray, Claudio Bilder, Edoardo Savarino, C Prakash Gyawali, Roberto Penagini, Yasuhiro Fujiwara, Daniel Sifrim
BACKGROUND: Mechanisms underlying perception of dysphagia and chest pain have not been completely elucidated, although oesophageal mucosal afferent nerves might play an important role. AIMS: To evaluate the relationship between oesophageal mucosal afferent nerves and the severity of dysphagia and chest pain in oesophageal motility disorders. METHODS: We prospectively recruited patients with oesophageal motility disorders having dysphagia and/or chest pain from whom oesophageal biopsies were obtained...
January 2024: Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics