Safe and Proper Management of Esophageal Stricture Using Endoscopic Esophageal Dilation

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.

Jae Jin Hwang. Clin Endosc. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;50(4):309-310.

doi: 10.5946/ce.2017.100. Epub 2017 Jul 31.

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Digestive Disease Center and Research Institute, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Bucheon, Korea.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest:The author has no financial conflicts of interest.

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