Esophageal involvement in progressive systemic sclerosis
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[Esophageal involvement in progressive systemic sclerosis].
Systemic sclerosis is a collagen disease with high frequency of oesophageal affection, specially if we use manometry as an evaluation method that has a high rate of clinic complication in high rate of patients. The aim of the study was to evaluate the prevalence of the oesophageal affection through the clinical, radiological, endoscopical and manometrical studies and to compare the results with...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Autopsy and Case Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2236-1960
DOI: 10.4322/acr.2013.031