Esophageal hypotensive contractions in patients with Chagas' disease and patients with primary achalasia;Hipocontratilidade do esôfago empacientes com doença de chagas e pacientes com acalásia idiopática

Arquivos de Gastroenterologia

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-41

  Dantas, Roberto Oliveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Chagas' disease; Esophagus; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHAGAS DISEASE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 0033655104     PISSN: 00042803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-28032000000100008     Document Type: Article

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