Malignant strictures: Thermal treatment

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 493-501

  Gossner, L ^a   Ell, C ^a  

^a Klinikum Wiesbaden   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASER; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LASER COAGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031970603     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1052-5157(18)30274-5     Document Type: Review

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