Differences in the definitions used for esophageal and gastric diseases in different countries

Digestion

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 248-257

  Takubo, Kaiyo ^a,b   Vieth, Michael ^b   Aida, Junko ^a   Sawabe, Motoji ^a   Kumagai, Yoichi ^c   Hoshihara, Yoshio ^d   Arai, Tomio ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c OHTA NISHINOUCHI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Ministry of International Trade and Industry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; Dysplasia, high grade; Esophagogastric junction; Esophagus, columnar lined; Mucosa, intestinal type, cardiac type; Mucosal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; EUROPE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; GERMANY; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINAL NEURONAL DYSPLASIA; JAPAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NOMENCLATURE; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STOMACH DISEASE; STOMACH MUCOSA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349889876     PISSN: 00122823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000235923     Document Type: Review

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