Expression of androgen receptors in barrett esophagus

Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 251-252

  Nordenstedt, Helena ^a,b   Younes, Mamoun ^a   El Serag, Hashem B ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; TESTOSTERONE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN;

EID: 84856940934     PISSN: 01920790     EISSN: 15392031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCG.0b013e318238353e     Document Type: Letter

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