Microscopic esophagitis in gastro-esophageal reflux disease: Individual lesions, biopsy sampling, and clinical correlations

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 454, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-39

  Mastracci, Luca ^a   Spaggiari, Paola ^a   Grillo, Federica ^a   Zentilin, Patrizia ^b   Dulbecco, Pietro ^b   Ceppa, Paola ^a   Baccini, Paola ^a   Mansi, Carlo ^b   Savarino, Vincenzo ^b   Fiocca, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gastro esophageal reflux disease; Microscopic esophagitis; NERD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; EROSION; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EOSINOPHILS; EPITHELIUM; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHILS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 57749202692     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-008-0704-8     Document Type: Article

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