Diffuse esophageal spasm

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 450-457

  Grübel, Claudia ^a,b   Borovicka, Jan ^b   Schwizer, Werner ^c   Fox, Mark ^c   Hebbard, Geoff ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NIFEDIPINE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SILDENAFIL; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TRAZODONE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET THERAPY; DIZZINESS; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MYOTOMY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ALGORITHMS; ESOPHAGEAL SPASM, DIFFUSE; HUMANS;

EID: 39049123096     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01632.x     Document Type: Review

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