Long-term outcome of pneumatic dilation in the treatment of achalasia

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 270-274

  Karamanolis, Georgios ^a   Sgouros, Spiros ^a   Karatzias, Georgios ^a   Papadopoulou, Efthimia ^a   Vasiliadis, Konstantinos ^a   Stefanidis, Gerasimos ^a   Mantides, Apostolos ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM OUTCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMATIC DILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED;

BALLOON DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13944282992     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2005.40093.x     Document Type: Article

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