2016
Gender is a determinative factor in the initial clinical presentation of eosinophilic esophagitis
Lynch K, Dhalla S, Chedid V, Ravich W, Stein E, Montgomery E, Bochner B, Clarke J. Gender is a determinative factor in the initial clinical presentation of eosinophilic esophagitis. Diseases Of The Esophagus 2016, 29: 174-178. PMID: 25626069, DOI: 10.1111/dote.12307.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInitial clinical presentationEndoscopic findingsClinical presentationChest painFood impactionEosinophilic esophagitisElectronic medical record databaseTime of diagnosisImmune-mediated diseasesMedical record databaseT-testChi-squared analysisStudent's t-testEoE populationEoE patientsEsophageal dysfunctionEndoscopy findingsEsophageal dysmotilityPatient demographicsEsophageal perforationInflammatory symptomsAtypical symptomsConsensus guidelinesClinical differencesInclusion criteria
1993
Medical treatment of esophageal motility disorders
Allescher H, Ravich W. Medical treatment of esophageal motility disorders. Dysphagia 1993, 8: 125-134. PMID: 8467720, DOI: 10.1007/bf02266993.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEsophageal motility disordersEsophageal motor disordersMotility disordersMedical treatmentMotor disordersMajor esophageal motility disordersNon-cardiac chest painNonspecific esophageal motor disorderPrimary esophageal motility disorderEsophageal motility parametersGastroesophageal reflux diseaseDiffuse esophageal spasmUnclear clinical significanceReceptor-selective drugsChest painReflux diseaseEsophageal symptomsEsophageal spasmEsophageal contractilityClinical benefitHypopharyngeal diverticulumSuccessful treatmentEsophageal diseaseClinical significanceEsophageal pathophysiology