Endoscopic features of esophageal tuberculosis

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 759-762

  Abid, Shahab ^a   Jafri, Wasim ^b   Hamid, Saeed ^b   Khan, Haleem ^b   Hussainy, Akbar ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS TUBERCULOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; HEMATEMESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TUBERCULOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN TISSUE; MYCOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 1142311487     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mge.2003.205     Document Type: Article

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