Protocol for an international multicenter randomized controlled trial assessing treatment success and safety of peroral endoscopic myotomy vs endoscopic balloon dilation for the treatment of achalasia in children

• Carlijn Mussies ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Carlijn Mussies, Marinde van Lennep

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emma Children’s Hospital—Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7895-5331

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• Marinde van Lennep ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Carlijn Mussies, Marinde van Lennep

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emma Children’s Hospital—Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Johanna H. van der Lee,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Emma Children’s Hospital—Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Clinical Research Office, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Knowledge Institute of the Dutch Association of Medical Specialists, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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• Maartje J. Singendonk,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Emma Children’s Hospital—Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Marc. A. Benninga,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Emma Children’s Hospital—Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Barbara A. Bastiaansen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Paul Fockens,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Albert J. Bredenoord,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Michiel P. van Wijk

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: m.vanwijk@amsterdamumc.nl

  Affiliation Emma Children’s Hospital—Amsterdam UMC, Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8112-8414

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