Usefulness of barium studies for differentiating benign and malignant strictures of the esophagus

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 737-744

  Gupta, Sonya ^a   Levine, Marc S ^a   Rubesin, Stephen E ^a   Katzka, David A ^a   Laufer, Igor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037370781     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.3.1800737     Document Type: Article

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