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Chagasic megaesophagus: Similarity to achalasia by manometrics, radiography, and response to pneumatic dilation

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  1. Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 20014, Bethesda, Maryland

    Richard E. Raizman MD, Franklin A. Neva MD, Franklin A. Neva MD, Ronald J. Eckert MD, LCDR, Patrick A. Duffy MD, LCDR & William H. Lipshutz MD, LCDR

  2. Gastrointestinal Clinic and Research Branch, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland

    Richard E. Raizman MD, Franklin A. Neva MD, Franklin A. Neva MD, Ronald J. Eckert MD, LCDR, Patrick A. Duffy MD, LCDR & William H. Lipshutz MD, LCDR

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Raizman, R.E., Neva, F.A., Neva, F.A. et al. Chagasic megaesophagus: Similarity to achalasia by manometrics, radiography, and response to pneumatic dilation. Digest Dis Sci 20, 882–888 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01070959

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