Ciliated surface in the esophagogastric junction zone: A precursor of Barrett's mucosa or ciliated pseudostratified metaplasia?

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-217

  Takubo, Kaiyo ^a   Vieth, Michael ^b   Honma, Naoko ^a   Izumiyama, Naotaka ^a   Sawabe, Motoji ^c   Arai, Tomio ^c   Iwakiri, Katsuhiko ^d   Kammori, Makoto ^d   Mafune, Ken Ichi ^d  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Cytokeratin; Esophagogastric junction; Multilayered epithelium; Squamocolumnar junction; Squamous metaplasia like change; Tubulin

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 10; CYTOKERATIN 13; CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 4; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN 8; TUBULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CILIA; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METAPLASIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 12844266053     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000149705.66592.ee     Document Type: Article

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