The Lower Esophageal Sphincter

Histological Consequences of Gastroesophageal Reflux in Man

1970 • 789 citations

Does Hiatus Hernia Affect Competence of the Gastroesophageal Sphincter?

1971 • 389 citations

The Gastroesophageal Sphincter in Healthy Human Beings

1956 • 379 citations

Quantitation of Lower Esophageal Sphincter Competence

1967 • 348 citations

Esophageal Motility

1958 • 326 citations

The Lower End of the Oesophagus

1961 • 275 citations

A Dynamic Test of Sphincter Strength: Its Application to the Lower Esophageal Sphincter

1967 • 268 citations

Hormonal Control of Gastroesophageal-Sphincter Strength

1970 • 238 citations

Lower Esophageal Sphincter Pressure Changes After Food Ingestion

1972 • 227 citations

Hormonal regulation of human lower esophageal sphincter competence: interaction of gastrin and secretin

1971 • 217 citations

Relation of Gastroesophageal Reflux to Yield Sphincter Pressures

1970 • 180 citations

An Atlas of Esophageal Motility in Health and Disease

1959 • 139 citations

COMPARISON OF CARDIAC AND PYLORIC SPHINCTERS

1957 • 132 citations

Action of gastrin on the lower oesophageal sphincter in man

1969 • 130 citations

Lower Esophageal Sphincter Pressure as an Index of Lower Esophageal Sphincter Strength

1970 • 129 citations

Responses of the gastroesophageal junctional zone to increases in abdominal pressure.

1966 • 112 citations

Characteristics of inhibition of gastric secretion by secretin

1969 • 110 citations

GASTRIN, CHOLECYSTOKININ, AND SECRETIN ACT ON ONE RECEPTOR

1970 • 109 citations

Role of gastrin supersensitivity in the pathogenesis of lower esophageal sphincter hypertension in achalasia

1971 • 94 citations

The diaphragmatic pinchcock in so‐called “cardiospasm”

1922 • 91 citations

The Esophagus and Pharynx in Action.

1950 • 89 citations

The Genesis of Lower Esophageal Sphincter Pressure: Its Identification through the Use of Gastrin Antiserum

1972 • 84 citations

Physiological Determinants of Lower Esophageal Sphincter Function

1971 • 84 citations

Motor Mechanisms of the Esophagus, Particularly of its Distal Portion

1953 • 76 citations

A Comparison of the Site of Action of Gastrin I on Lower Esophageal Sphincter and Antral Circular Smooth Muscle

1971 • 74 citations

Gastro-oesophageal Reflux after Partial Gastrectomy

1964 • 74 citations

Pharmacologic identification of the lower esophageal sphincter

1970 • 73 citations

Gastrin and its Activities

1970 • 68 citations

Manometric study of the effect of vagotomy on the gastroesophageal sphincter.

1967 • 65 citations

Effect of Thoracic Displacement and Vagotomy on the Canine Gastroesophageal Junctional Zone

1969 • 59 citations

THE GASTROESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER IN HIATUS HERNIA.

1965 • 58 citations

Resting and Pentagastrin-Stimulated Gastroesophageal Sphincter Pressure in Patients with Zollinger-Ellison Syndrome

1971 • 58 citations

Dose-Response Relationship of the Effect of Secretin on Acid and Pepsin Secretion in Man

1970 • 56 citations

The closing mechanism at the gastroesophageal junction

1960 • 56 citations

Pancreatic Dose-Response Curves to Intravenous Secretin in Man

1970 • 45 citations

The Pressure Inversion Point: Its Genesis and Reliability

1966 • 43 citations

Oesophageal Strictures after Gastric Surgery and Naso-gastric Intubation

1958 • 40 citations

The Closing Mechanism between the Oesophagus and the Stomach

1956 • 39 citations

Resistance and Reflex Function of the Lower Esophageal Sphincter

1958 • 34 citations

The Sphincter That Is a Sphinx

1971 • 30 citations

Oesophageal Stenosis after Partial Gastrectomy

1958 • 28 citations

Œsophageal stricture after partial gastrectomy

1961 • 28 citations

Anatomy of the Esophageal Hiatus

1958 • 28 citations

THE GASTRO–ŒSOPHAGEAL JUNCTION

1963 • 27 citations

The Gastro-Oesophageal Junction.

1963 • 22 citations

III. Radiological Aspects

1961 • 19 citations

An anatomic study of the esophageal hiatus.

1955 • 18 citations

The gastroesophageal sphincter mechanism: a review.

1956 • 18 citations

Sphincter mechanisms in the gastrointestinal tract

1967 • 12 citations