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Sudden airway obstruction in achalasia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

M. P. Collins  and
S. Rabie
M. P. Collins*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton.
S. Rabie
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton.
*
Dr. M. P. Collins, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Poole General Hospital, Poole, Dorset.
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 98 , Issue 2 , February 1984 , pp. 207 - 211
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Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1984

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