Lower esophageal sphincter pressure in idiopathic achalasia and Chagas disease-related achalasia

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 232-234

  Lemme, E M O ^a   Domingues, G R ^a,b   Pereira, V L C ^a   Firman, C G ^a   Pantoja, J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; PRESSURE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0035717644     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2001.00190.x     Document Type: Article

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