The prevalence and clinical characteristics of short segments of specialized intestinal metaplasia in the distal esophagus on routine endoscopy

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1507-1511

  Johnston, Mark H ^a   Hammond, Albert S ^a   Laskin, William ^a   Jones, D Michael ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAUCASIAN; COUGHING; DYSPHAGIA; ERUCTATION; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COUGH; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029767686     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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