Traumatic uvulitis: A rare complication of upper GI endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 818-820

  Peghini, Paolo L ^a   Salcedo, Julio A ^a   Al Kawas, Firas H ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMATITIS;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DYSPEPSIA; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMATITIS;

EID: 0035374880     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2001.114953     Document Type: Article

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