High-grade dysplasia in sporadic fundic gland polyps: Clinically relevant or not?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1153-1156

  Stolte, Manfred ^a   Vieth, Michael ^b   Ebert, Matthias P A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adenoma; FAP; Fundic gland; Polyp; Sporadic

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASIA; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROADENOMA; MUTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH FUNDUS; STOMACH GLAND; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH POLYP;

ADENOMA; ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; CARCINOMA IN SITU; GASTRIC FUNDUS; HUMANS; POLYPS; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0842288121     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042737-200311000-00001     Document Type: Review

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