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Dysphagia in Childhood
Author(s) -
MYERS N. A.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1973.tb06822.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dysphagia , achalasia , pediatrics , peptic , foreign body , esophagus , surgery , peptic ulcer
Dysphagia in childhood is relatively uncommon, and for this reason its significance may not be appreciated, so that diagnostic delay results. A simple classification recognizes the following couses: congenital abnormalities; peptic œsophagitis; corrosive œsophagitis: achalasia of the œsophagus; foreign body; and neurological disorders.