Lower oesophageal sphincter pressure and timed barium oesophagogram: Two objective parameters in the non-invasive assessment of primary achalasia

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-265

  Montazeri, G ^a   Nouri, N ^a   Estakhri, A ^a   Shirani, S ^a   Derakhshan, M H ^a   Yaghoobi, M ^a   Mikaeli, J ^a   Malekzadeh, R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BARIUM MEAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23844442500     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2005.02557.x     Document Type: Article

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