Esophaqeal achalasia with apparent normal lower esophageal sphincter relaxation: Clinical relevance and res-ponse to pneumatic dilation;Acalasia esofágica con relajación aparentemente normal del esfínter inferior: Significado clínico y respuesta terapéutica a la dilatación neumática

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 529-532

  Garrigues Gil, V ^a   Ponce Garcia J ^a   Pertejo Pastor, V ^a   Galvez Castillo C ^a   Valverde de la Osa, J ^a   Berenguer Lapuerta, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Lower esophageal sphincter; Pneumatic dilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030207984     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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