Plummer-Vinson syndrome heralded by postcricoid carcinoma

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-24

  Anderson, Scott R ^a   Sinacori, John T ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX CANCER; ODYNOPHAGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; PLUMMER-VINSON SYNDROME;

EID: 33845309978     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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