Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 39-44 , February 2008

Radiographer involvement with stent insertion to palliate symptomatic dysphagia resulting from neoplastic obstruction

  • R.L. Law

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Received 15 February 2006 ,Accepted 17 May 2006.

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PII: S1078-8174(06)00061-7

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2006.05.003

Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 1 , Pages 39-44 , February 2008

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