Dysphagia due to triple A syndrome: Successful treatment of achalasia by balloon dilatation

Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 533-536

  Buderus, S ^a,c   Utsch, B ^a   Huebner, A ^b   Lentze, M J ^a   Roth, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c ST MARIEN HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Adrenal insufficiency; Alacrima; Balloon dilatation; Dysphagia; Triple A syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADRACALIN; BARIUM; CORTISONE; FLUCONAZOLE; NIFEDIPINE; OMEPRAZOLE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX INSUFFICIENCY; ALLGROVE SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LACRIMAL POINT APLASIA; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; BALLOON DILATATION; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 35848942813     PISSN: 09477349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973852     Document Type: Article

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