The incidence of adenocarcinoma in Barrett's esophagus: A prospective study of 170 patients followed 4.8 years

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 212-215

  Drewitz, D J ^a   Sampliner, R E ^a   Garewal, H S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031039244     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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