Clinical challenge -an experience of spontaneous transmural rupture of the oesophagus in Taiwan

British Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 298-301

  Wu, C S ^a   Chang, K Y ^a   Kuo, Y C ^a   Chiu, C T ^a   Liaw, S J ^a   Pliu, H ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; RUPTURE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; TAIWAN;

EID: 0030226926     PISSN: 00070947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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