A novel balloon pull-through technique for esophageal dilation in eosinophilic esophagitis (with video)

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 138-142

  Madanick, Ryan D ^a   Shaheen, Nicholas J ^a   Dellon, Evan S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS HEMORRHAGE; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TECHNIQUE; THORAX PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BALLOON DILATION; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650578692     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.09.034     Document Type: Article

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