Outpatient experience with oesophageal endoscopic dilation

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 422-424

  Jani, P G ^a,b   Mburugu, P G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032113884     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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