Radiation esophagitis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 827-830

  Murro, Diana ^a   Jakate, Shriram ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84930386034     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2014-0111-RS     Document Type: Article

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