Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis and achalasia: No-related or non-related conditions?

Digestion

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 596-598

  Castro, Argents ^a   Mearit, Fermin ^a   Gil Vernet, José M ^a   Malageladaa, Juan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis; Nitric oxide; Pyloric relaxation

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC PYLORUS STENOSIS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH EMPTYING;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; CHILD; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; PYLORIC STENOSIS;

EID: 0030656968     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: 14219867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000201508     Document Type: Article

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