Surface area: A better predictor of disease severity than the height and volume of the barium column in patients with primary achalasia

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1203-1208

  Montazeri, Ghodrat ^a   Nouri, Negin ^a   Estakhri, Arezoo ^a   Shirani, Shapoor ^a   Abedian, Shifteh ^a   Fazlollahi, Atoosa ^a   Mikaeli, Javad ^a   Nouraie, Mehdi ^a   Malekzadeh, Reza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Objective evaluation; Surface; Timed barium esophagogram; Volume

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; BALLOON DILATION; BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS;

EID: 33749853429     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.meg.0000236882.36590.76     Document Type: Article

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