Reversible esophageal motility disorder in a patient with sarcoidosis

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1423-1426

  Geissinger, Brent W ^a   Sharkey, Marie F ^a   Criss, Denise G ^a   Wu, Wallace C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; OMEPRAZOLE; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; SLIT LAMP; UVEITIS;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; OMEPRAZOLE; PREDNISONE; SARCOIDOSIS;

EID: 0030018684     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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