Esophageal aperistalsis following fundoplication in a patient with trisomy 21

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 510-511

  Bozinovski, J ^a   Poenaru, D ^a,b   Paterson, W ^a   Kamal, I ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aperistalsis; Esophageal motility; Fundoplication; Trisomy 21

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TRISOMY 21; VOMITING;

CHILD; DOWN SYNDROME; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY;

EID: 0032841207     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003830050652     Document Type: Article

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