The dilated distal esophagus: A new entity that is the pathologic basis of early gastroesophageal reflux disease

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1873-1881

  Chandrasoma, Parakrama ^a   Wijetunge, Sulochana ^b   Ma, Yanling ^a   Demeester, Steven ^c   Hagen, Jeffrey ^c   Demeester, Tom ^c  

^a Departments of Pathology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biopsy; diagnosis; dilated distal esophagus; gastric cardia; gastroesophageal reflux disease; histology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; METAPLASIA; PATHOLOGY;

BIOPSY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; METAPLASIA;

EID: 81355146532     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31822b78e8     Document Type: Article

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