Electroesophagogram in achalasia of the esophagus

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 210-214

  Shafik, A ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029841130     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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