The quest for intestinal metaplasia - Is it worth the effort?

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1162-1165

  Sharma, Prateek ^a,b   Wani, Sachin ^a   Bansal, Ajay ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; PRECANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOPSY; CARDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTRIC FUNDUS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HUMANS; METAPLASIA; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS;

EID: 34249033959     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01221.x     Document Type: Review

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