Gastroesophageal reflux disease progressing to achalasia

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 355-358

  Király, Ágnes ^a   Illes A ^a   Undi, S ^a   Varga, G ^a   Kalmar K ^a   Horvath P O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; STOMACH SECRETION INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS PH; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ESOPHAGUS; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; MANOMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PH;

ADULT; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FUNDOPLICATION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY;

EID: 33644873857     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00515.x     Document Type: Article

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