Esophageal Leiomyoma: Radiologic Findings in 12 Patients

Korean Journal of Radiology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 132-137

  Yang, Po Song ^a,b   Lee, Kyung Soo ^a   Lee, Soon Jin ^a   Kim, Tae Sung ^a   Choo, In Wook ^a   Shim, Young Mog ^a   Kim, Kwhanmien ^a   Kim, Yookyung ^c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Eulji General Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Mokdong Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Abnormalities Esophagus; CT Esophagus; Esophagus; MR Esophagus; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0035405535     PISSN: 12296929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3348/kjr.2001.2.3.132     Document Type: Article

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