Diagnosis of reflux esophagitis in infants: Histology of the distal esophagus must complement upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 197-202

  Vieira, Mário C ^a   Pisani, Julio C ^b   Mulinari, Rogério A ^b  

^a HOSPITAL PEQUENO PRÍNCIPE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Endoscopy; Histology; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; VALIDATION STUDY; BIOPSY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 16644390103     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/1183     Document Type: Article

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