Demonstration of the distal end of the oesophagus by transabdominal ultrasound

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue DEC., 1997, Pages 1215-1221

  Chen, M H ^a   Kikuchi, Y ^a   Chu, B C ^a   Kishimoto, R ^a   Choji, K ^a,b   Miyasaka, K ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT POSITIONING; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031454967     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.70.840.9505839     Document Type: Article

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