Intrasphincteric botulinum toxin injection in the treatment of chagasic achalasia

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Brant, C ^a   Moraes Filho, J P P ^b   Siqueira, E ^a   Nasi, A ^b   Libera Jr , E ^a   Morais, M ^a   Rohr, M ^a   Macedo, E P ^a   Alonso, G ^a   Ferrari, Angelo Paulo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHAGASIC ACHALASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CHAGAS DISEASE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038290740     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2003.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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