Dilated intercellular spaces as a marker of oesophageal damage: Comparative results in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease with or without bile reflux

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 525-532

  Calabrese, C ^a,b   Fabbri, A ^a   Bortolotti, M ^a   Cenacchi, G ^a   Areni, A ^a   Scialpi, C ^a   Miglioli, M ^a   Di Febo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID;

ACIDITY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BILE REFLUX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUODENUM DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT; PATIENT CODING; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH EROSION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; BILE REFLUX; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0141740549     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2036.2003.01713.x     Document Type: Article

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