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The present study of electro-intraluminal pressure measurement of the esophagus conducted in the author's department was reported, and the resting pressures in normal individuals or in patients with achalasia, cancer of the esophagus or cardia of the stomach, regurgitative esophagitis or heatus hernia were obtained by using the drawing method and their characteristics were discussed.
The drawing method is beneficial on researching the mechanism of disturbance of deglutition and has a great significance as a diagnostic tool.
