Achalasia with complete relaxation of lower esophageal sphincter: Radiographic-manometric correlation

Radiology

Volumn 235, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 886-891

  Amaravadi, Raghu ^a   Levine, Marc S ^a   Rubesin, Stephen E ^a   Laufer, Igor ^a   Redfern, Regina O ^a   Katzka, David A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; DIATRIZOATE; E Z HD; ENTROBAR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTESTINE CONTRACTION; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 18844452699     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2353040732     Document Type: Article

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