Dysphagia in patients with Chagas' disease

Dysphagia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-57

  Dantas, Roberta Oliveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031965245     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00009549     Document Type: Article

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