Esophageal epithelial surface in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease: An electron microscopic study

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 5712-5716

  Azumi, Takane ^a   Adachi, Kyoichi ^a   Furuta, Kenji ^a   Nakata, Shuji ^a   Ohara, Shunji ^a   Koshino, Kenji ^a   Miki, Masaharu ^a   Morita, Terumi ^a   Tanimura, Takashi ^a   Ashizawa, Nobuo ^a   Kinoshita, Yoshikazu ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Non erosive gastroesophageal reflux diseases; Questionnaire; Reflux esophagitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; AGED; BIOPSY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESOPHAGUS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; BIOPSY; CELL ADHESION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESOPHAGITIS, PEPTIC; ESOPHAGUS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 63449126122     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.5712     Document Type: Article

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