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DOID:9164 - achalasia
Disease Ontology Definition:An esophageal disease that is characterized by an inability of the esophagus to move food toward the stomach resulting from the lower esophogeal sphincter not fully relaxing during swallowing.
Synonyms: Lack of reflex relaxation of lower oesophageal sphincter, achalasia of cardia, achalasia of esophagus, cardiospasm, esophageal achalasia, hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter,
Echinobase Genes
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Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD
Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s):
esophageal disease (is_a)