Year 2026 / Volume 118 / Number 2
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A unique achalasia patient complicated by neuropathies associated with nutritional deficiencies

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DOI: 10.17235/reed.2024.10937/2024

Ziang Gao, Deliang Liu, Tianjiao Duan, Tianying Duan,

Abstract
This paper reported a rare case of achalasia patient postoperatively experiencing a series of neurologic symptoms, diagnosed as severe B vitamin deficiencies caused by central and peripheral damage.
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Publication history

Received: 11/11/2024

Accepted: 06/12/2024

Online First: 09/01/2025

Published: 09/02/2026

Article Online First time: 59 days

Article editing time: 455 days


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