Esophageal motility in patients with Chagas' disease without megaesophagus;Motilidade do esôfago no paciente com doença de Chagas sem megaesôfago

GED - Gastrenterologia Endoscopia Digestiva

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 79-84

  Dantas, Roberto Oliveira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Esophageal motility; Esophagus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0041376495     PISSN: 01017772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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