Transabdominal ultrasonography in achalasia

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 634-637

  Eckardt, V F ^a   Schmitt, T ^a   Kanzler, G ^a  

^a DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Oesophageal neoplasms; Pseudoachalasia; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRONICS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSABDOMINAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; TUMOR;

ABDOMEN; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3142706761     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520410005478     Document Type: Article

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