Treatment of achalasia: the short-term response to botulinum toxin injection seems to be independent of any kind of pretreatment

BACKGROUND: It has been suggested that intrasphincteric injection of botulinum toxin (BTX) may represent an alternative therapy to balloon dilatation in achalasia. The aim of the present study was to test the effectiveness of botulinum toxin injections in achalasia patients, as assessed using lower...

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Autores principales: Storr, M, Born, P, Frimberger, E, Weigert, N, Rösch, T, Meining, A, Classen, M, Allescher, HD
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC122056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12175425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-2-19

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC122056/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12175425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-2-19

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