Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 3 , Pages 265-271 , March 2009

Oesophageal strictures caused by the ingestion of corrosive agents: effectiveness of balloon dilatation in children

  • E.-Y. Doo
    • ,
  • J.H. Shin

      Affiliations

    • 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-2dong, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, Korea. Tel.: +82 2 3010 4380; fax: +82 2 476 0090.
    • ,
  • J.H. Kim
    • ,
  • H.-Y. Song

Received 20 July 2008 ,Revised 26 September 2008 ,Accepted 5 October 2008.

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PII: S0009-9260(08)00403-0

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.10.001

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 3 , Pages 265-271 , March 2009

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