Diffuse esophageal spasm: Not diffuse but distal esophageal spasm (DES)

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1380-1384

  Sperandio, Monicca ^a   Tutuian, Radu ^b   Gideon, R Matthew ^a   Katz, Philip O ^a   Castell, Donald O ^a,b  

^a GRADUATE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffuse esophageal spasm; Distal esophageal amplitude; Distal esophageal spasm; Lower esophageal sphincter; Upper esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038726335     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024131814888     Document Type: Article

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