Use of botulinum toxin as a diagnostic/therapeutic trial to help clarify an indication for definitive therapy in patients with achalasia

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 637-642

  Katzka, David A ^a,b   Castell, Donald O ^a  

^a GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYOTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032978348     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(98)00808-9     Document Type: Article

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