Benign Pharyngoesophageal Strictures: Increasingly Encountered and Still a Challenge

Overview

Journal GE Port J Gastroenterol

Specialty Gastroenterology

Date 2018 Nov 28

PMID 30480044

Authors

Dalila Costa

Carla Rolanda

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