Smooth muscle tumors of the esophagus: Clinicopathological findings in six patients

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-81

  Kimura, H ^a   Konishi, K ^a   Kawamura, T ^a   Nojima, N ^a   Satou, T ^a   Kaji, M ^a   Maeda, K ^a   Yabushita, K ^a   Tsuji, M ^a   Miwa, A ^a  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MUSCLE TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 6544263784     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.1999.00017.x     Document Type: Article

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