Abstract
BACKGROUND: Little is known about symptom characteristics of treated achalasia patients and their effect on health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL). AIMS: To examine clinical remission, achalasia-associated symptoms and HRQoL in treated achalasia patients. METHODS: The Eckardt clinical symptom score, RAND-36 and a disease-specific HRQoL questionnaire were sent to 171 treated achalasia patients.
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