Evaluation and treatment of primary esophageal motility disorders

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 263-269

  Patti, Marco G ^a,b   Way, Lawrence W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0030925021     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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