Feline esophagitis secondary to gastroesophageal reflux disease: Clinical signs and radiographic, endoscopic, and histopathological findings

Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 161-167

  Han, Eveline ^a   Broussard, John ^a   Baer, Keith E ^a  

^a ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; EPITHELIUM DYSPLASIA; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; EROSION; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPEREMIA; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0037338966     PISSN: 05872871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5326/0390161     Document Type: Article

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