The phrenico-esophageal ligament: An anatomical study

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-36

  Apaydin, Nihal ^a   Uz, Aysun ^a   Evirgen, Oya ^a   Loukas, Marios ^b   Tubbs, R Shane ^c   Elhan, Alaittin ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Gastroesophageal junction; Hiatal hernia; Histology; Phrenico esophageal ligament

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CADAVER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; ELASTICITY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGAMENT; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; PHRENICOESOPHAGEAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 49049089418     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-007-0279-0     Document Type: Article

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