Treatment of Plummer-Vinson syndrome with Savary-Gilliard dilatation

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 524-526

  Yasawy, Mohamed I ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BOUGIE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS RUPTURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; RECURRENT DISEASE; SOLID; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; DILATATION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLUMMER-VINSON SYNDROME;

EID: 2342633735     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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