Echo-guided injection of botulinum toxin versus blind endoscopic injection in patients with achalasia: Final report

Minerva Gastroenterologica e Dietologica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-240

  Ciulla, A ^a   Cremona, F ^a   Genova, G ^a   Maiorana, A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Botulinum toxins; Endosonograpy; Esophageal achalasia

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS MYOTOMY; FEMALE; FLUOROGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MANOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXINS; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84884677661     PISSN: 1121421X     EISSN: 18271642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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