Idiopathic achalasia mistakenly diagnosed as anorexia nervosa

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-

  Garcia Jr , Celso ^a   De Araújo, Olímpia Ferreira Galvão ^a   Murro, Ada Letícia Barbosa ^a   Traballi, Ana Luisa Marques ^a   Andreollo, Nelson Adami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; CARDIOESOPHAGOMYOTOMY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46849085580     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462008000200015     Document Type: Letter

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