What We Know and What We Need to Know About Familial Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Barrett's Esophagus

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1664-1666

  Sun, Xiangqing ^a   Chandar, Apoorva Krishna ^a   Elston, Robert ^a   Chak, Amitabh ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; FAMILIAL CANCER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; ADENOCARCINOMA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; MALE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84908086775     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: 15427714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2014.03.008     Document Type: Editorial

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