Barrett's esophagus: Prevalence and risk factors in patients with chronic GERD in Upper Egypt

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 28, 2009, Pages 3511-3515

  Fouad, Yasser M ^a   Makhlouf, Madiha M ^a   Tawfik, Heba M ^a   El Amin, Hussein ^b   Ghany, Wael Abdel ^a   El Khayat, Hisham R ^c  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b ASSIUT UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c THEODOR BILHARZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Endoscopy; Gastroesophageal reflux; Gastrointestinal; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; EGYPT; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGEAL PH MONITORING; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEARTBURN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; EGYPT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349563761     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.3511     Document Type: Article

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