Pathogenesis and classification of cancer around the gastroesophageal junction - Not so different in Japan

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 934-936

  Dent, John ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; STOMACH ACID SECRETION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; JAPAN; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646537178     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2006.00515.x     Document Type: Review

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