Comparison of pneumatic dilation with pneumatic dilation plus botulinum toxin for treatment of achalasia

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-110

  Bakhshipour, Alireza ^a   Rabbani, Romina ^a   Shirani, Shapoor ^b   Soleimani, Hosein A S L ^a   Mikaeli, Javad ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Balloon dilation; Botulinum toxins; Esophageal achalasia

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; PNEUMATIC BALLOON DILATATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATION; BOTULINUM TOXINS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949539549     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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