The aging esophagus

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 439-456

  Sallout, H ^a   Mayoral, W ^a   Benjamin, S B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; DOXYCYCLINE; EMEPRONIUM BROMIDE; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; IRON DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROKINETIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; QUINIDINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; AGING; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; REVIEW; SCLERODERMA;

EID: 0032788494     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0749-0690(18)30041-7     Document Type: Review

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