Sildenafil relieves symptoms and normalizes motility in patients with oesophageal spasm: A report of two cases

Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 798-803

  Fox, M ^a,b   Sweis, R ^a   Wong, T ^a   Anggiansah, A ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

High resolution manometry; Nitric oxide; Oesophageal motility; Oesophageal spasm; Sildenafil

Indexed keywords

SILDENAFIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE MOTILITY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MANOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SWALLOWING; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PERISTALSIS; PIPERAZINES; PURINES; SULFONES; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 34648846249     PISSN: 13501925     EISSN: 13652982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2007.00957.x     Document Type: Article

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