Evolutive radiological changes of the esophagus in patients with achalasia who did not receive treatment

Surgery Today

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 183-186

  Csendes, Paula ^a   Csendes, Attila ^a   Cortes, Claudio ^a   Burgos, Ana Maria ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Lower esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33847684883     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-006-3365-8     Document Type: Article

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