When saliva meets acid: Chemical warfare at the oesophagogastric junction

Gut

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-3

  McColl, K E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRILE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES;

ACID SECRETION; ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOGENICITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MUTAGENICITY; NITROSATION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIVA; SALIVATION; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STOMACH CARCINOGENESIS; STOMACH JUICE; STOMACH MUCOSA; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTRIC ACID; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; NITRITES; SALIVA;

EID: 10844290642     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.2004.047126     Document Type: Review

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