African Americans with Barrett's esophagus are less likely to have dysplasia at biopsy

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 419-423

  Khoury, Joe E ^a   Chisholm, Sian ^b   Mazen Jamal, M ^c,d   Palacio, Carlos ^b   Pudhota, Sunitha ^a   Vega, Kenneth J ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Barrett's esophagus; Demographics; Dysplasia; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; COUGHING; DATA BASE; DYSPLASIA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GOBLET CELL; HIATUS HERNIA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE ENDOSCOPY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84856732447     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-011-1900-y     Document Type: Article

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