Role of flexible endoscopy in the evaluation of possible esophageal trauma after penetrating injuries

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1725-1729

  Srinivasan, Radhika ^a   Haywood, Tommie ^a   Horwitz, Brenda ^a   Buckman, Robert F ^b   Fisher, Robert S ^a   Krevsky, Benjamin ^a  

^a Gastroenterology Section   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0033915151     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)00957-6     Document Type: Article

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