Manometric evaluation of upper esophageal sphincter in patients with indeterminate form of Chagas' disease;Avaliação eletromanométrica do esfíncter superior do esôfago em portadores da forma indeterminada da doença de Chagas

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 156-158

  Crema, Eduardo ^a,b   De Oliveira, Renata Mônica ^a   Werneck, Ana Márcia ^a   Pastore, Ricardo ^a   Martins Jr , Aiodair ^a   Silva, Alex Augusto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Indeterminated form; Manometric study; Upper esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MANOMETRY; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

EID: 33646798466     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: 00378682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822006000200004     Document Type: Article

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