Curative endoscopic ultrasound-assisted submucosal resection of a gastric stromal tumor - Case presentation

Romanian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-182

  Sǎftoiu, Adrian ^a   Ciurea, Tudorel ^a   Georgescu, Claudia Valentina ^a   Comǎnescu, Violeta ^a   Popescu, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Endoscopic; Endoscopic ultrasound; Gastric stromal tumor; Resection

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH TUMOR; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 21644482760     PISSN: 12214167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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