Detection of intestinal metaplasia in Barrett's Esophagus: An observational comparator study suggests the need for a minimum of eight biopsies

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1154-1161

  Harrison, Rebecca ^a,k   Perry, Ian ^b   Haddadin, William ^c   McDonald, Stuart ^d   Bryan, Richard ^e   Abrams, Keith ^f   Sampliner, Richard ^g   Talley, Nicholas J ^h,i   Moayyedi, Paul ^j   Jankowski, Janusz A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL WOLVERHAMPTON HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Dahiyat El Amir Rashid ^*  (Jordan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

ⁱ Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^j MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^k LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCIAN BLUE; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SCHIFF BASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CHRONOLOGY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; COLORING AGENTS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249086543     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01230.x     Document Type: Article

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