Cricopharyngeal achalasia in children: Botulinum toxin injection as a tool for diagnosis and treatment

Laryngoscope

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1475-1480

  Scholes, Melissa A ^a,b   McEvoy, Timothy ^c,d   Mousa, Hayat ^c,d   Wiet, Gregory J ^c,d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

botulinum toxin; Cricopharyngeal achalasia; cricopharyngeus; dysphagia

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRICOPHARYNGEAL ACHALASIA; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MYOTOMY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CRICOPHARYNGEAL ACHALASIA; CRICOPHARYNGEUS; DYSPHAGIA;

APHASIA; BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRICOID CARTILAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LARYNGOSCOPY; MALE; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901647040     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24464     Document Type: Article

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