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Revision as of 18:35, 5 September 2012

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Due to the similarity of symptoms, achalasia can be misdiagnosed as other disorders, such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hiatus hernia, and even psychosomatic disorders.

In alphabetical order. ^[1] ^[2]

↑ Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016
↑ Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X

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 Due to the similarity of symptoms, achalasia can be misdiagnosed as other disorders, such as [[gastroesophageal reflux disease]] (GERD), [[hiatus hernia]], and even [[psychosomatic]] disorders.
-== Differential Diagnosis==
+== Differentiating Achlasia from other Disease==
 In alphabetical order. <ref>Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:77 ISBN 1591032016</ref> <ref>Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:68 ISBN 140510368X</ref>