Pharmacologic therapy in treating achalasia

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 311-323

  Hoogerwerf, W A ^a   Pasricha, P J ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CARBUTEROL; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIMETROPIUM; CYCLIC GMP; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; LOPERAMIDE; NALOXONE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SILDENAFIL; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TERBUTALINE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE DERIVATIVE;

DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROMODULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE RELAXATION; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTIGO;

EID: 0034998713     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1052-5157(18)30073-4     Document Type: Review

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