Multiple solitary leiomyomata of the esophagus

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 74-76

  Torres, A J ^a   Diez Valladares L ^a   Hernando, F ^a   Sanchez Pernaute A ^a   Perez Aguirre E ^a   Gonzalez O ^a   Cantero, R ^a   Gutierrez del Olmo A ^a   Balibrea, J L ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COLON; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMATOSIS;

EID: 0032988758     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.1999.00020.x     Document Type: Article

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