Sonographic findings in Achalasia

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 31-40

  Rathod, Krantikumar ^a   Kale, Hrishikesh ^a   Narlawar, Ranjeet ^a   Hardikar, Jayprakash ^a   Kulkarni, Varsha ^a   Joseph, James ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0035169859     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0096(200101)29:1<31::AID-JCU5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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