Zenker diverticulum

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1131-1133

  Bremner, Cedric G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUGHING; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; DYSPHAGIA; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOTOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 0031724857     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.133.10.1131     Document Type: Review

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