Achalasia

Surgical Clinics of North America

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 483-493

  Woltman, Todd A ^a   Pellegrini, Carlos A ^a   Oelschlager, Brant K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NITRATE;

BALLOON DILATATION; BARIUM ENEMA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEADACHE; HEARTBURN; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MANOMETRY; MYOTOMY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PERISTALSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BARIUM RADIOISOTOPES; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; THORACOSCOPY;

EID: 20344377874     PISSN: 00396109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.suc.2005.01.002     Document Type: Review

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