Achalasia: A disease of varied and subtle symptoms that do not correlate with radiographic findings

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 97, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1916-1923

  Blam, Michael E ^a   Delfyett, William ^a   Levine, Marc S ^a   Metz, David C ^a   Katzka, David A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTYPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036678629     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(02)04257-0     Document Type: Article

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