Achalasia - A disease of unknown cause that is often diagnosed too late;Achalasie - Eine oft zu spät diagnostizierte und ätiologisch ungeklärte Krankheit

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 109, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 209-214

  Gockel, Ines ^a   Müller, Michaela ^b   Schumacher, Johannes ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHE KLINIK FÜR DIAGNOSTIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNITY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW;

EID: 84903362011     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0209     Document Type: Review

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