Esophagogastric junction distensibility identifies achalasia subgroup with manometrically normal esophagogastric junction relaxation

Ponds, FA; Bredenoord, AJ; Kessing, BF; Smout, AJPM

Bredenoord, AJ (reprint author), Acad Med Ctr, Dept Gastroenterol & Hepatol, POB 22660, NL-1100 DD Amsterdam, Netherlands.

NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY, 2017; 29 (1):

Abstract

BackgroundManometric criteria to diagnose achalasia are absent peristalsis and incomplete relaxation of the esophagogastric junction (EGJ), determined......

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