Distribution and significance of the oesophageal and gastric cardiac mucosae: A study of 131 operation specimens

Histopathology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 515-519

  Nakanishi, Y ^a   Saka, M ^a   Eguchi, T ^a   Sekine, S ^a   Taniguchi, H ^a   Shimoda, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrett's oesophagus; Clinicopathological study; Columnar epithelial island; Gastric cardiac mucosa; Oesophageal cardiac mucosa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH MUCOSA; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 34548775880     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2007.02793.x     Document Type: Article

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