Acute necrotizing esophagitis: A case report

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 735-737

  Odelowo, Olajide O ^a   Hassan, Mohamed ^a   Nidiry, Joseph J ^a   Marshalleck, Josephine J ^a  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Esophagitis; Necrotizing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FATALITY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PATHOLOGY;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS;

EID: 0036674233     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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