Clinical, radiographic, and manometric evolution of esophageal involvement by Chagas' disease

Dysphagia

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-45

  Meneghelli, Ulysses G ^a   Peria, Fernanda M ^a   Darezzo, Fabiana M R ^a   Almeida, Fernando H ^a   Rodrigues, Carla M ^a   Aprile , Lilian R O ^a   Dantas, Roberto O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Chagas' disease; Deglutition; Deglutition disorders; Dysphagia; Esophagus; Lower esophageal sphincter; Megaesophagus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIQUID; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SOLID; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PERISTALSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20044374552     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-004-0023-4     Document Type: Article

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