Abstract

The Journal is the primary organ of Continuing Paediatric Medical Education in Sri Lanka. The journal also has a website. Free full text access is available for all readers.The Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is now indexed in SciVerse Scopus (Source Record ID 19900193609), Index Medicus for South-East Asia Region (IMSEAR), CABI (Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International Global Health Database), DOAJ and is available in Google, as well as Google Scholar.The policies of the journal are modelled on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) Guidelines on Principles of Transparency and Best Practice in Scholarly Publishing. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health is recognised by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) as a publication following the ICMJE Recommendations.

Highlights

  • Achalasia cardia in an infantArulprakash Sarangapani[1], Shanthi Vijayaraghavan[2], S Shanmuganathan[3], S Rajanikanth[4]

  • Achalasia cardia is a neuromuscular disorder of the oesophagus, characterized by abnormal oesophageal motility and failure of lower esophageal sphincter relaxation

  • Barium swallow with cine-oesophagogram revealed dilated oesophagus and body aperistalsis, failure of lower oesophageal sphincter to relax to the passage of the barium bolus (Figures 1-4)

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Summary

Achalasia cardia in an infant

Arulprakash Sarangapani[1], Shanthi Vijayaraghavan[2], S Shanmuganathan[3], S Rajanikanth[4]

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