Association between gastroesophageal flap valve, reflux esophagitis, Barrett's epithelium, and atrophic gastritis assessed by endoscopy in Japanese patients

Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 533-539

  Fujiwara, Yasuhiro ^a   Higuchi, Kazuhide ^a   Shiba, Masatsugu ^a   Watanabe, Toshio ^a   Tominaga, Kazunari ^a   Oshitani, Nobuhide ^a   Matsumoto, Takayuki ^a   Arakawa, Tetsuo ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrophic gastritis; Barrett's epithelium; Gastroesophageal flap valve; Japanese; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL FLAP VALVE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH DISEASE;

EID: 0037484426     PISSN: 09441174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00535-002-1100-9     Document Type: Article

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