Differentiation of achalasia from pseudoachalasia by computed tomography

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 624-628

  Carter, Michele ^a   Deckmann, Robert C ^a   Smith, Robert C ^a   Burrell, Morton I ^a   Traube, Morris ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030945487     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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