Relationships between endosonographic appearance and clinical or manometric features in patients with achalasia

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 559-564

  Barthet, Marc ^a   Mambrini, Pierre ^a   Audibert, Patrick ^a   Boustière, Christian ^a   Helbert, Thierry ^a   Bertolino, Jean Guy ^a   Peyrot, Jacques ^a   Salducci, Jacques ^a   Grimaud, Jean Charles ^a  

^a HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Endoscopic ultrasonography; Manometry; Pneumatic dilatation; Pseudoachalasia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; MULTICHANNEL RECORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031593662     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-199807000-00006     Document Type: Article

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