A magnified endoscopic view of esophageal melanocytosis

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 479-481

  Mori, Akinori ^a   Tanaka, Michio ^b   Terasawa, Katsutoshi ^b   Hayashi, Shinichi ^b   Shimada, Yutaka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 14844299340     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(04)02638-0     Document Type: Article

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