Schatzki's ring: To cut or break an unresolved problem

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 379-383

  Ibrahim, Abeer ^b   Cole, Rhonda A ^a   Qureshi, Waqar A ^a   Helaly, Ahmed Z ^a   Jamecci, Ali ^a   Graham, David Y ^a,c   Ayub, Kamran ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilatation; Dysphagia; Electrosurgery; Pill test; Schatzki's ring

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; LANSOPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; ELECTROSURGERY; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; HUMAN; INCISION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHATZKI RING; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

2-PYRIDINYLMETHYLSULFINYLBENZIMIDAZOLES; AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DILATATION; ELECTROSURGERY; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTON PUMPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1842451804     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:DDAS.0000020489.96582.cd     Document Type: Article

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