Zenker's Diverticulum

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 144-151

  Achkar, Edgar ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Etiology; Treatment; Zenker's diverticulum

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

HUMANS; ZENKER DIVERTICULUM;

EID: 0032062420     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000016858     Document Type: Review

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