Ultrasonographic imaging of neoplasms of the cervical esophagus

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 724-726

  Doldi, Santo Bressani ^a,b   Lattuada, Ezio ^a   Zappa, Marco Antonio ^a   Cioffi, Ugo ^a   Pieri, Gianmarco ^a   Massari, Milena ^b   Peracchia, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cervical lymph node metastasis; Esophageal cancer; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYROID GLAND; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK;

EID: 0031011536     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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