TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Disorders of Esophageal Motility A1 - Tipnis, Neelesh A. A1 - Ciecierega, Thomas M. A2 - Kline, Mark W. PY - 2018 T2 - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e AB - Esophageal motility disorders are classified as primary when they are 1 of a small number of isolated disorders of motility that include achalasia, esophagogastric junction (EGJ) outflow obstruction, major disorders of peristalsis, or minor disorders of peristalsis, or as secondary when associated with known disease processes (Table 388-1). A basic understanding of normal esophageal motility allows appreciation of the diagnostic criteria for various motility disorders. Of the primary esophageal motor disorders, achalasia of the lower esophageal sphincter is the most common and well recognized. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182907540 ER -