The columnar-lined (Barrett's) oesophagus in black patients

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 61-62

  Mason, Rodney J ^a,b   Bremner, Cedric G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; NEGRO; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0031850518     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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