Bleeding esophageal GIST

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-282

  Manu, Nayar ^a,c   Richard, P ^b   Howard, S ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal hemorrhage; Gastrointestinal tract; Leiomyoma; Mesoderm; Proto oncogene protein c kit

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARIUM ENEMA; BARIUM MEAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROSCOPY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644793504     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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