title: [From whale bone to endoscope - diagnosis and treatment of achalasia].
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Innere Medizin, Universitätsspital Zürich.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Heinrich
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bauerfeind
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008365:Manometry / Q000379:methods; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted