Screening for Barrett's esophagus in asymptomatic women

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 867-873

  Gerson, Lauren B ^a   Banerjee, Subhas ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEARTBURN; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSCOPY; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; CALIFORNIA; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350568662     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.04.053     Document Type: Article

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