Dilated intercellular spaces as a marker of GERD

Current Gastroenterology Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 190-194

  Orlando, Lori A ^a   Orlando, Roy C ^a  

^a Wallace Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE ION; PROTON; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

DILATED INTERCELLULAR SPACE; DISEASE MARKER; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MUCOSAL DISEASE; NONEROSIVE REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PH MEASUREMENT; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; REVIEW; SYMPTOM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 66149125309     PISSN: 15228037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11894-009-0030-6     Document Type: Review

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