Oesophageal dysphagia: Manifestations and diagnosis

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 322-331

  Zerbib, Frank ^a   Omari, Taher ^b  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANDRÉ   (France)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ALGORITHM; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; MANOMETRY; OROPHARYNX; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; THORAX PAIN; COMPLICATION; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; PROCEDURES; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS;

ALGORITHMS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MANOMETRY;

EID: 84930476664     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2014.195     Document Type: Review

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