Background Achalasia is a disorder of swallowing in which the lower esophageal sphincter
fails to relax. We report the use of botulinum toxin, a paralytic agent, for the treatment of this …

Objective: This study tested the hypothesis that erythromycin, a motilin agonist, reduces the
incidence of early DGE after pancreaticoduodenectomy. Summary Background Data: …

A retrospective comparison was performed of whole body scans obtained before and after
143 131I treatments in 93 patients with thyroid carcinoma. Pretreatment scans were …

Achalasia is a disorder characterized by a failure of the lower esophageal sphincter to relax
with swallowing and by a lack of esophageal peristalsis. The sphincteric abnormalities in …

Sdntigraphic Method After a fastingperiod of at least 3 hr, each patient received 0.02,@
gJkgcholecystokinin-8 (CCK)(Kinevac, SquibbDiagnos tics, Princeton, NJ) in a 3-mm intravenous …

Subacute thyroiditis (SAT) is an extremely rare complication of influenza vaccination.
Several infectious agents have been related with SAT. It is also well known the association …

Objective To test the hypothesis that progesterone alters sphincter of Oddi and gallbladder
function and, therefore, bile flow dynamics. Summary Background Data Although the effects …

This study investigated the influence of biological and technical factors on variations of
global and regional cerebral metabolic rate of glucose (CMR glc ) measured with 2-[ 18 F]fluoro-2-…

Psychotic symptoms are common in older patients, with estimates of the prevalence of
psychosis ranging from 4% to 10% in those over the age of 65 years. 1 Often, the psychosis …

Background. Patients who undergo thyroidectomy for medullary carcinoma of the thyroid
gland (MTC) often have elevations of postoperative serum calcitonin levels, which are …