Esophageal Lewy bodies associated with ganglion cell loss in achalasia. Similarity to Parkinson's disease

Gastroenterology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1984, Pages 848-856

  Qualman, Stephen J ^a   Haupt, Helen M ^a   Yang, Peter ^a   Hamilton, Stanley R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOPSY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PARKINSON DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GANGLIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INCLUSION BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0021161884     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-5085(84)90079-9     Document Type: Article

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