Use of endoscopy in diagnosis and management of patients with dysphagia in an African setting

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-200

  Mudawi, H M Y ^a   Mahmoud, A O A ^a   El Tahir, M A ^a   Suliman, S H ^a   Ibrahim, S Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Africa; Cancer; Deglutition; Deglutition disorder; Dysphagia; Endoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIA CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS ACHALASIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUDAN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SUDAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957277094     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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