Achalasia: Should we or should we not follow the bag?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 698-700

  Wong, Colonel Roy K H ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON DILATATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PNEUMATIC DILATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BALLOON DILATATION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETREATMENT;

EID: 33645460168     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00581.x     Document Type: Review

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