Involvement of the esophagus in the cramp-fasciculation syndrome

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 802-804

  Braune, S ^a,b   Hentschel, M ^a   Glocker, F X ^a   Lucking C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cramp fasciculation syndrome; Esophagus; Hyperexcitability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; FASCICULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CRAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

ADULT; DEGLUTITION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FASCICULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CRAMP; SYNDROME;

EID: 0031811002     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199806)21:6<802::AID-MUS15>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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