Esophageal diverticula: Pathogenesis, clinical aspects, and natural history

Dysphagia

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 198-205

  Nascimento, Fernando Antonio Pinto Do ^a   Lemme, Eponina M Oliveira ^a,b   M B Costa, Milton ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Esophageal diverticula; Esophageal motor disorders; Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DIVERTICULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION DISORDER; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS PH; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; EVALUATION RESEARCH; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; TRACTION THERAPY; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

ADULT; AGED; BARIUM; DEGLUTITION; DIVERTICULUM, ESOPHAGEAL; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 33748861449     PISSN: 0179051X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00455-006-9028-5     Document Type: Article

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