Variability of the carina-incisor distance as assessed by endoscopic ultrasound

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 383-385

  Rice, P F ^a   Crosby, T L D ^a   Roberts, S Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carina; Endosonography; Oesophageal neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Trachea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INCISOR; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; TRACHEA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

EID: 0141854233     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(03)00115-8     Document Type: Article

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