Differences in response of the proximal esophagus to wet swallows in patients of Chagas' disease and idiopathic achalasia

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 401-405

  Ramos, R I ^a   Varrica, L M M ^b   Dantas, R O ^c  

^a Hospital Dr Alejandro Kom   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL DE GASTROENTEROLOGÍA DR CARLOS BONORINO UDAONDO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Esophagus; Idiopathicachalasia; Megaesophagus; Swallowing

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARIUM SULFATE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTRAST MEDIA; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748753766     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2006.00601.x     Document Type: Article

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