PedAM
Pediatric Disease Annotations & Medicines
| Disease | achalasia |
| Symptom | C0422833|ent symptoms |
| Sentences | 1 |
| PubMedID- 23106009 | Decreased lower esophageal sphincter (les) pressure to less than 10 mmhg has been reported to be a good predictor of long-term treatment success.1,2 however, some achalasia patients with persistent symptoms after treatment had low or absent les pressure.3,4 on the other hand, esophagogastric junction (egj) compliance is an important pathophysiological factor in the cases of achalasia and gastroesophageal reflux disease (gerd). |
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