Gastric heterotopia in the proximal oesophagus (" inlet patch"): Association with adenocarcinomas arising in Barrett mucosa

Digestive and Liver Disease

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 292-296

  Neumann, William L ^a,b   Luján, Giovanni M ^a   Genta, Robert M ^a,b,c  

^a CARIS LIFE SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANTHCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Globus; Helicobacter pylori; Upper respiratory symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; GASTRIC HETEROTOPIA; GENDER; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT CONGESTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORISTOMA; COUGH; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857655262     PISSN: 15908658     EISSN: 18783562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2011.11.008     Document Type: Article

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