Achalasia and thyroid disease

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 594-599

  Emami, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Raisi, Mostafa ^b   Amini, Jaleh ^b   Daghaghzadeh, Hamed ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Poursina Hakim Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Esophageal motility; Etiology; Hypothyroidism; Thyroid disease

Indexed keywords

ATROPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; FOOD REGURGITATION; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTENSION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33846826964     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i4.594     Document Type: Article

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