Dysplastic barrett's esophagus in cirrhosis: A treatment dilemma

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1724-1726

  Raftopoulos, S C ^a   Efthymiou, M ^a   May, G ^a   Marcon, N ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PANTOPRAZOLE;

ADULT; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSLIPIDEMIA; DYSPLASTIC BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LETTER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NARROW BAND IMAGING; NONALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; WHITE LIGHT ENDOSCOPY;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; HUMANS; LIGATION; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80052443638     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2011.174     Document Type: Letter

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