Specialized columnar epithelium of the esophagogastric junction: Prevalence and associations

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 913-918

  Voutilainen, Markku ^a,d   Färkkilä, Martti ^a   Juhola, Matti ^a   Nuorva, Kyösti ^a   Mauranen, Kari ^b   Mäntynen, Timo ^c   Kunnamo, Ilkka ^c   Mecklin, Jukka Pekka ^c  

^a JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033118695     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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