Achalasia cardia in mother and son.
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-65498
ABSTRACT
Familial occurrence of achalasia cardia is rare. Most associations are among siblings or in monozygotic twins. Parent-child association is even rarer and only six such instances have been reported till date. We report a 29-year-old man with achalasia cardia and his mother who had the same illness two and half years later. Both of them were successfully treated with balloon dilatation.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Esophageal Achalasia
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Treatment Outcome
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Adult
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Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Language:
English
Year:
2004
Type:
Article
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