Treatment of achalasia;Behandlung der achalasie

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 116, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 296-304

  Cosentini, Enrico P ^a   Wenzl, Etienne ^a   Jakesz, Raimund ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Dysphagia; Lower esophageal sphincter (LES)

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR;

CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS SCINTISCANNING; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SWALLOWING;

EID: 3042683587     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03040899     Document Type: Review

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