Esophageal stenosis caused by alendronate

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 338-339

  Aibar Arregui, Miguel Ángel ^a   de Escalante Yangüela, Begoña ^a   Muñoz Villalengua, María ^a   Garcés Horna, Vanesa ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alendronate; Esophageal stricture; Esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCIUM; CORTICOSTEROID; CYANOCOBALAMIN; OMEPRAZOLE; VITAMIN D;

AGED; BALLOON DILATATION; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE FRACTURE; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMUR FRACTURE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; SYNCOPE; WELLS SYNDROME;

EID: 80054700081     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4321/S1130-01082011000600015     Document Type: Letter

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