Proximal and distal esophageal contractions in patients with vigorous or classic esophageal Chagas' disease Contrações esofágicas proximais e distais em pacientes com doença de Chagas vigorosa ou clássica

BACKGROUND: Some patients with achalasia have distal esophageal contraction amplitude in the normal range, a condition called vigorous achalasia, and others have low contraction amplitude, a condition named classic achalasia. The difference in distal contraction amplitude may also be associated with...

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Main Authors: Roberto Oliveira Dantas, Lilian Rose Otoboni Aprile
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2005-03-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032005000100004