The Esophagus: Do Sex and Gender Matter?

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-136

  Litle, Virginia R ^a   Rice, Thomas W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrett esophagus; Esophageal cancer; GERD; Male female; Man woman

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BODY MASS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; EDUCATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS FUNCTION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENDER BIAS; HEARTBURN; HIATUS HERNIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; NOCICEPTION; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCLERODERMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 82755162055     PISSN: 10430679     EISSN: 15329488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semtcvs.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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