Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the esophagus

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 462-465

  Dan, Dilip ^a,c   Seetahal, Shiva ^a   Persad, Rajendra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b San Fernando General Hospital   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c NONE   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Intestines; Tumor

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL STAPLING; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 66949144020     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)30933-0     Document Type: Article

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