Lower esophageal palisade vessels and the definition of Barrett's esophagus

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 645-649

  Ogiya, Kazuo ^a   Kawano, T ^a   Ito, E ^a   Nakajima, Y ^a   Kawada, K ^a   Nishikage, T ^a   Nagai, K ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Columnar lined esophagus; Lower esophageal palisade vessels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; COLUMNAR LINED ESOPHAGUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION VARIABLE; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LOWER ESOPHAGUS PALISADE VESSEL; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HERNIA, HIATAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 53149094371     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2008.00825.x     Document Type: Article

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