The gastric cardia: To be or not to be?

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 499-504

  Derdoy, Jose J ^a   Bergwerk, Ari ^a   Cohen, Hartley ^a   Kline, Michael ^a   Monforte, Hector L ^a   Thomas, Dan W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac mucosa; Gastroesophageal junction anatomy; Gastroesophageal reflux disease; Pediatric autopsies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENDER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADOLESCENT; CADAVER; CARDIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE;

EID: 0037378906     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200304000-00010     Document Type: Article

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