Gastric cardia inflammation and intestinal metaplasia: Associations with reflux esophagitis and Helicobacter pylori

Modern Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1017-1024

  Goldstein, Neal S ^a   Karim, Rubina ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Gastric cardia; Helicobacter pylori; Inflammation; Intestinal metaplasia; Pathology; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARDIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GOBLET CELL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STOMACH ANTRUM; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIA; CHILD; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INTESTINES; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032756471     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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