Endoscopic and histologic findings in Iranian patients with heartburn

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 236-238

  Bafandeh, Yousef ^a   Esmaili, Heidar ^a   Aharizad, Saeed ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; ESOPHAGITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADULT; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33646827053     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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