The gastric cardia: Fact or fiction?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 921-924

  Kilgore, Sony P ^a   Ormsby, Adrian H ^a   Gramlich, Terry L ^a   Rice, Thomas W ^a   Richter, Joel E ^a   Falk, Gary W ^a   Goldblum, John R ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH;

ADOLESCENT; CARDIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METAPLASIA; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034035104     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(00)00722-X     Document Type: Article

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