A high-resolution view of achalasia

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 644-651

  Jee, Sam Ryong ^a   Pimentel, Mark ^a   Soffer, Edy ^a   Conklin, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Achalasia; Esophageal body; GERD; High resolution manometry; Lower esophageal sphincter and upper esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MANOMETRY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SOLID STATE; SWALLOWING; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, UPPER; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949097303     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318176ab94     Document Type: Article

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