A Higher Manometric Esophageal Length to Height Ratio in Achalasia Explains the Lower Prevalence of Hiatal Hernia
Enrique Coss-Adame

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1 Janette Furuzawa-Carballeda

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2 Andric C Perez-Ortiz

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3 Ana López-Ruiz,
2 Miguel A Valdovinos

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1 Josué Sánchez-Gómez,
2 José Peralta-Figueroa,
2 Héctor Olvera-Prado,
2 Fidel López-Verdugo,
2 Sofía Narváez-Chávez,
2 Ó scar Santés-Jasso,
4 Diana Aguilar-León,
5 and Gonzalo Torres-Villalobos,
2,4*Departments of 1Gastroenterology, 2Experimental Surgery, 4Surgery, and 5Pathology, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico; and 3Universidad Panamericana, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Mexico City, Mexico
Correspondence to: Gonzalo Torres-Villalobos, MD, PhD
Departments of Surgery and Experimental Surgery, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga 15, Sección XVI, Tlalpan 14080, Mexico City, Mexico
Tel: +52-1-55-5487-0900 (ext. 2502), E-mail:
torresvgm@yahoo.com.mx