title: [Endosonography of the esophagus and the stomach].
abstract: Endosonography of the oesophagus and stomach is important for staging of carcinomas, for judging the degree of thickening of the wall, and for assessment of submucosal and intramural lesions and of space-occupying processes in extra-oesophageal and extragastric organs.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Magen-, Darm- und Leberkrankheiten der Klinik für Innere Medizin, Nijmegen, Niederlande.
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Nagengast
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van de Ven
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Naber
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Strijk
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rosenbusch
mesh_terms: D004724:Endoscopy; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Endosonographie des Osophagus und Magens.