Atypical variants of classic achalasia are common and currently under-recognized: A study of prevalence and clinical features

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 155-161

  Galey, Kelly M ^a   Wilshire, Candice L ^a   Niebisch, Stefan ^a   Jones, Carolyn E ^a   Raymond, Daniel P ^a   Litle, Virginia R ^a   Watson, Thomas J ^a   Peters, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4 second integrated relaxation pressure; 4sIRP; CFV; contractile frontal velocity; DEA; DES; diffuse esophageal spasm; distal esophageal amplitude; IBP; intrabolus pressure; LES; lower esophageal sphincter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLASSIC ACHALASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MUSCLE RELAXATION; PERISTALSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; VARIANT ACHALASIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEGLUTITION; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL SPHINCTER, LOWER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PERISTALSIS; PREVALENCE; SPASM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959516677     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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