The diagnosis of low-grade dysplasia in Barrett's esophagus and its implications for disease progression

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3383-3387

  Efrati, Cesare ^a   Masini, Andrea ^a   Merli, Manuela ^a   Valeriano, Valentina ^a   Riggio, Oliviero ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPLASIA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033638405     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)02141-9     Document Type: Article

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