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Achalasia: unusual cause of chronic cough in children
Achalasia is a rare motility disorder of the esophagus which results from lack of enervation of the lower esophageal sphincter muscles and leads to dilatation of proximal esophagus. Patients with achalasia presents typically with dysphagia, vomiting of undigested food and failure to thrive. Cough ca...
Autores principales: | Mehdi, Nighat F, Weinberger, Miles M, Abu-Hasan, Mutasim N |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2546434/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18652683 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-9974-4-6 |
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