Esophageal contractions in Chagas' disease and in idiopathic achalasia

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 863-868

  Oliveira Dantas, Roberto ^a   Otoboni Aprile, Lilian Rose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Esophageal contractions; Esophageal manometry; Esophageal motility; Idiopathic achalasia; Megaesophagus

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; DEGLUTITION; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 27144470321     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcg.0000180633.07561.ce     Document Type: Article

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