Benign refractory esophageal strictures: Widening the endoscopist's role

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 164-167

  Shah, Janak N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; STEROID;

CAUTERIZATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STENT; SURGICAL STAPLING;

DILATATION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; HUMANS; STENTS;

EID: 29244433170     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.08.033     Document Type: Editorial

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