Dilated intercellular spaces and lymphocytes on biopsy relate to symptoms in erosive GERD but not NERD

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1202-1208

  Tadiparthi, R A ^a,b   Bansal, A ^a,b   Wani, S ^a,b   Mathur, S ^b   Hall, S B ^c   Rastogi, A ^a,b   Higbee, A ^a   Gaddam, S ^a   Sharma, P ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILATED INTERCELLULAR SPACE; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX QUESTIONNAIRE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE DENSITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON EROSIVE REFLUX DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLUX DISEASE QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLUX ESOPHAGITIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEARTBURN; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79955587709     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2011.04643.x     Document Type: Article

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