Sonographic Anatomy of the Cervical Esophagus

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 163-171

  Zhu, Shang Yong ^a   Liu, Ruo Chuan ^a   Chen, Li Hong ^a   Yang, Hong ^a   Feng, Xu ^b   Liao, Xin Hong ^a  

^a FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Esophagus; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL HUMAN; TRACHEA; TRANSDUCER; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 1942466497     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20017     Document Type: Article

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