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Achalasia: a rare cause of stridor

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 230 McKee Place, Suite 400, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA

    Brian Suffoletto & Kenneth Katz

  2. Department of Critical Care Medicine and Surgery, University of Florence Medical School, Florence, Italy

    Camilla Tozzetti & Pietro Amedeo Modesti

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Suffoletto, B., Katz, K., Tozzetti, C. et al. Achalasia: a rare cause of stridor. Intern Emerg Med 3, 127–129 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-008-0158-7

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