Gastric carditis: Is it a histological response to high concentrations of luminal nitric oxide?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 36, 2006, Pages 5767-5771

  Iijima, Katsunori ^a   Shimosegawa, Tooru ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carditis; Dietary nitrate; Gastro oesophageal junction; Intestinal metaplasia at gastro oesophageal junction; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; PEPSIN A;

CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIA; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOTOXICITY; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOOD INTAKE; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STOMACH ACID;

EID: 33750104724     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i36.5767     Document Type: Editorial

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