Barium Esophagography: A Study for All Seasons

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-25

  Levine, Marc S ^a   Rubesin, Stephen E ^a   Laufer, Igor ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS SPASM; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHARYNX DISEASE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SWALLOWING;

BARIUM SULFATE; CONTRAST MEDIA; EOSINOPHILS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHARYNX;

EID: 37449012137     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2007.10.029     Document Type: Article

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