A late complication of palliative stenting of malignant oesophageal obstruction

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 115-

  Begbie, S ^a   Briggs, G ^a   Levi, J ^a  

^a ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS OBSTRUCTION; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; STENT;

EID: 0029866928     PISSN: 00048291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1996.tb02919.x     Document Type: Article

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