Successful treatment of diffuse esophageal spasm by peroral endoscopic myotomy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 149-150

  Shiwaku, Hironari ^a   Inoue, Haruhiro ^b   Beppu, Richiko ^a   Nakashima, Ryo ^a   Minami, Hitomi ^b   Shiroshita, Toyoo ^a   Yamauchi, Yasushi ^a   Hoshino, Seiichiro ^a   Yamashita, Yuichi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DES; diffuse esophageal spasm; peroral endoscopic myotomy; POEM

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; NOTE; PERORAL ENDOSCOPIC MYOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 84871258599     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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