A clinical study of peroral endoscopic myotomy reveals that impaired lower esophageal sphincter relaxation in achalasia is not only defined by high-resolution manometry

• Hiroki Sato ,

  Roles Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: pyloki@yahoo.co.jp

  Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan, Department of Gastroenterology, Saiseikai Niigata Daini Hospital, Niigata, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7766-3724

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• Kazuya Takahashi,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan

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• Ken-ichi Mizuno,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan

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• Satoru Hashimoto,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan

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• Junji Yokoyama,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan

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• Shuji Terai

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital, Niigata, Japan

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