Achalasia: A vagal disease

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 527-530

  Ohlsson, B ^a   Ekberg, O ^a   Sundkvist, G ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Neuropathy; Vagus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERPNEA; NERVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; VAGUS NERVE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INHALATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TILT-TABLE TEST; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 3142662769     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520410004460     Document Type: Article

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