Risk factors for diagnostic delay in achalasia

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 580-585

  Eckardt, V F ^a   Kohne U ^a   Junginger, T ^a   Westermeier, T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

achalasia; barium swallow; diagnosis; dysphagia; esophageal manometry; esophageal symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030888045     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018855327960     Document Type: Article

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