Efficacy of rigiflex balloon dilatation in 12 children with achalasia: A 6-month prospective study showing weight gain and symptomatic improvement

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-170

  Khan, A A ^a,b   Shah, S Waqar H ^a   Alam, Altaf ^a   Butt, A K ^a   Shafqat, F ^a  

^a Sheikh Zayed Hospital   (Pakistan)

^b Shaikh Zayed Federal Postgraduate Medical Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BARIUM MEAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD REGURGITATION; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036410829     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2002.00246.x     Document Type: Article

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