Pneumatic dilation for achalasia: Late results of a prospective follow up investigation

Gut

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 629-633

  Eckardt, V F ^a   Gockel, I ^a   Bernhard, G ^b  

^a DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BALLOON DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342432652     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2003.029298     Document Type: Article

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