Manometric evaluation of achalasia in the elderly

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 431-434

  Hashemi, N ^a   Banwait, K S ^a   Dimarino, A J ^a   Cohen, S ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANOMETRY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; PRESSURE;

EID: 14644412829     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02337.x     Document Type: Review

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