Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 133-141 , February 2009

Management of airway involvement of oesophageal cancer using covered retrievable nitinol stents

  • K.E. Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • J.H. Shin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: J. H. Shin, Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, 388-1, Pungnap-dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. Tel.: +82-2-3010-4380; fax: +82-2-476-4719.
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  • H.Y. Song

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • S.B. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • K.R. Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
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  • J. Hyoung Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Research Institute of Radiology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Received 2 April 2008 ,Revised 18 July 2008 ,Accepted 1 August 2008.

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PII: S0009-9260(08)00333-4

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.08.001

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 2 , Pages 133-141 , February 2009

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