Case report: Botulinum toxin in hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter: A manometric case study

Dysphagia

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 75-80

  Lacy, Brian E ^a   Zayat, Estephan N ^a   Crowell, Michael D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia; Hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter (HLES); Lower esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSIVE LOWER ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; MANOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036886140     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-001-0104-6     Document Type: Article

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