Contribution of histology to the diagnosis of reflux disease

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 625-638

  Vieth, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

correlation; criteria; histology; reflux disease; squamous epithelium

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DESMOSOMAL CADHERIN; LECTIN;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL BIOPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; KERATOSIS; MICROANGIOGRAPHY; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47649108859     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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