Timing and necessity of endoscopy in AIDS patients with dysphagia or odynophagia

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 2186-2189

  Lai, Yo Ping ^a   Wu, Ming Shiang ^a   Chen, Mao Yen ^a   Chuang, Che Yen ^a   Shun, Chia Tung ^a   Lin, Jaw Town ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Dysphagia; Endoscopy; Odynophagia

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; GANCICLOVIR; STEROID;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; MALE; MORBIDITY; ODYNOPHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032412709     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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