Clinico-radiological correlates of achalasia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1909-1912

  Tarawneh, Emad S ^a   Mahafzah, Waleed S ^a   Haroun, Azmi A ^a   Hadidy, Azmy M ^a   Shennak, Mustafa M ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; NATURAL SCIENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS;

EID: 13844297881     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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