Relationship between diffuse esophageal spasm and lower esophageal sphincter dysfunction on barium studies and manometry in 14 patients

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 409-413

  Prabhakar, Anand ^a   Levine, Marc S ^a   Rubesin, Stephen ^a   Laufer, Igor ^a   Katzka, David ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM SULFATE; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CARBEX; ENTROBAR;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON CATHETER; BALLOON DILATATION; BARIUM MEAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3242743670     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.183.2.1830409     Document Type: Review

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