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Management of esophageal motility disorders in children : a review.
Acta gastro-enterologica Belgica - 1 Jan 2000
Kotilea Kallirroi, Mahler Tania, Bontems Patrick, Devière Jacques, Louis Hubert
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Diagnostic criteria for esophageal motor disorders have recently been updated with the advent of high-resolution manometry that gives a precise mapping of peristaltic abnormalities and an indirect view of bolus transit problems. Achalasia, the best-defined motor disorder, is now divided in subsets of manometric phenotypes that predict outcome of treatment and guide our therapeutic approach. Pharmacological...
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