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Abstract
A hypermotility disorder of the ESOPHAGUS that is characterized by spastic non-peristaltic responses to SWALLOWING; CHEST PAIN; and DYSPHAGIA.
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- Esophageal Spasm
- Esophageal Spasm, Diffuse
- Spasm, Esophageal
- Diffuse Esophageal Spasms
- Esophageal Spasms
- Esophageal Spasms, Diffuse
- Spasm, Diffuse Esophageal
- Spasms, Diffuse Esophageal
- Spasms, Esophageal
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35 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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"diffuse" need not be used by author: note X ref
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Previous Indexing
- Esophageal Diseases (1966-1988)
- Spasm (1966-1988)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Diffuse Esophageal Spasm. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015155. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015155
- Diffuse Esophageal Spasm. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_esophageal_spasm
- Diffuse Esophageal Spasm. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1224503