Choice of therapy for achalasia in relation to age

Digestion

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 244-250

  Robertson, C S ^a   Fellows, I W ^a   Mayberry, J F ^a   Atkinson, M ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Bag dilatation

Indexed keywords

AGE; BALLOON DILATATION; CARDIOMYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0023816760     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000199661     Document Type: Article

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