Assessment of the esophageal wall by endoscopic ultrasonography in patients with nutcracker esophagus

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-225

  Melzer, E ^a   Ron, Y ^a   Tiomni, E ^a   Avni, Y ^a   Bar Meir, S ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030880959     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(97)70090-7     Document Type: Article

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