Echoendoscopic evaluation of botulinum toxin intrasphincteric injections in Chagas' disease achalasia

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-40

  Quintao Brant C ^a,b   Nakao, F ^a   Ardengh, J C ^a   Nasi, A ^a   Ferrari Jr , A P ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SUBMUCOSA;

BOTULINUM TOXINS; CHAGAS DISEASE; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033027621     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.1999.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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