Variation in Barrett's esophageal wall thickness: Is it associated with histology or segment length?

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 411-415

  Gill, Kanwar Rupinder S ^a   Ghabril, Marwan S ^a   Jamil, Laith H ^a   Al Haddad, Mohammad ^a   Gross, Seth A ^a   Achem, Sami R ^a   Woodward, Timothy A ^a   Wallace, Michael B ^a   Raimondo, Massimo ^a   Hemminger, Lois L ^a   Wolfsen, Herbert C ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett's esophagus; dysplasia; endoscopic ultrasound; esophageal wall thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPLASIA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRECANCER; PROCEDURES;

AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953809405     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e3181dd8cd7     Document Type: Article

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