When and how to grade Barrett's columnar metaplasia: The Prague system

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 661-669

  Anand, Oksana ^a   Wani, Sachin ^a   Sharma, Prateek ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's oesophagus; columnar lined oesophagus; gastro oesophageal junction; oesophageal adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; METAPLASIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47649084218     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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