About the Mechanism of Hiccup
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- review article
- Published by S. Karger AG in European Neurology
- Vol. 32 (3) , 159-163
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000116815
Abstract
Every new empiric observation made over two millenia fueled the dispute as to whether hiccup (Hc) is a digestive or a respiratory reflex. A review of the literature, focusing attention on the probable mechanism of Hc, shows Hc as a neurogenic dysfunction of the ‘valve function’ between the inspiratory complex and the glottis closure complex.Keywords
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