A 78-Year-Old Man With Difficulty Swallowing

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 470-474

  Hirano, Ikuo ^a   Kahrilas, Peter J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; PANTOPRAZOLE; PROPRANOLOL; VALSARTAN;

AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRICOPHARYNGEAL ACHALASIA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

EID: 79957481210     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15423565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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