Barrett's Esophagus: Functional Assessment, Proposed Pathogenesis, and Surgical Therapy

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 1983, Pages 543-549

  Iascone, Clemente ^a   Demeester, Tom R ^a   Little, Alex G ^a   Skinner, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS PH; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MANOMETRY; MUSCLE; THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; PRESSURE;

EID: 0020534867     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: 15383644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1983.01390050027005     Document Type: Article

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