The use of botulinum toxin for pediatric cricopharyngeal achalasia

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1210-1214

  Barnes, Melynda A ^a   Ho, Allen S ^a   Malhotra, Prashant S ^b   Koltai, Peter J ^a   Messner, Anna ^a  

^a LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxin; Cricopharyngeal achalasia; Nasal regurgitation

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ASPIRATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRICOPHARYNGEAL ACHALASIA; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; ERRATUM; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; MYOTOMY; NOSE FEEDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051866508     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: 18728464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2011.07.022     Document Type: Erratum

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