Clinical presentation and complications of achalasia

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 281-292

  Eckardt, V F ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FOOD REGURGITATION; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AFTERCARE; ANAMNESIS; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HICCUP; HOSPITALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AFTERCARE; CHEST PAIN; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HEARTBURN; HICCUP; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0034999182     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1052-5157(18)30071-0     Document Type: Review

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