Achalasia cardia subtyping by high-resolution manometry predicts the therapeutic outcome of pneumatic balloon dilatation

Journal of Neurogastroenterology and Motility

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-53

  Pratap, Nitesh ^a   Kalapala, Rakesh ^a   Darisetty, Santosh ^a   Joshi, Nitin ^a   Ramchandani, Mohan ^a   Banerjee, Rupa ^a   Lakhtakia, Sandeep ^a   Gupta, Rajesh ^a   Tandan, Manu ^a   Rao, G V ^a   Nageshwar Reddy, D ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF GASTROENTEROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Balloon dilatation; Esophageal achalasia; Esophageal motility disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054869077     PISSN: 20930879     EISSN: 20930887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5056/jnm.2011.17.1.48     Document Type: Article

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