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. 1969 Sep 20;3(5672):688–690. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5672.688

Diabetes and Oesophageal Dysfunction

W Silber
PMCID: PMC1984463  PMID: 5809244

Abstract

Cineradiographic and manometric studies of oesophageal function were carried out in four different groups of patients (those suspected of having oesophageal disease, with and without symptoms; and in two groups of diabetes, with and without diabetic neuropathy). All groups were found to have abnormal oesophageal function, and this was not commoner in those with diabetic neuropathy.

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