The refractory and the recurrent esophageal stricture: A definition [5]

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 474-475

  Kochman, Michael L ^a   McClave, Steven A ^b   Boyce, H Worth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

DYSPHAGIA; ENDOPROSTHESIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 23944466417     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.04.050     Document Type: Letter

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