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Abstract
A stricture of the ESOPHAGUS. Most are acquired but can be congenital.
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- Stenosis, Esophageal
- Esophageal Stenoses
- Esophageal Stricture
- Stricture, Esophageal
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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caustic stenosis is indexed ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS /chem ind + BURNS, CHEMICAL
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Esophageal Stenosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004940. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004940
- Esophageal Stenosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esophageal_stricture
- Esophageal Stenosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5398646