Figure 14 - Representative recording of esophageal motility from a patient with scleroderma.
From the following article
Richard H. Holloway
GI Motility online (2006)
doi:10.1038/gimo30
Peristalsis is absent. However, in contrast to achalasia, basal lower esophageal sphincter pressure is also effectively absent.
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