Transabdominal sonography of gastroesophageal junctions

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 505-512

  Tanomkiat, Wiwatana ^a   Chongchitnan, Paithoon ^a  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Gastroesophageal junction; Transabdominal ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM MEAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS MANOMETRY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; BARIUM SULFATE; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ESOPHAGEAL ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032757305     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0096(199911/12)27:9<505::AID-JCU4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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