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- Title
Etiology of intestinal metaplasia at the gastroesophageal junction.
- Authors
Balaji, N S; DeMeester, S R; Wickramasinghe, K S; Hagen, J A; Peters, J H; DeMeester, T R
- Abstract
Intestinal metaplasia occurs in the esophagus as a consequence of gastroesophageal reflux disease and in the stomach secondary to H. pylori infection. The etiology of intestinal metaplasia limited to the gastroesophageal junction or cardia (CIM) is disputed. We hypothesized that CIM has dual etiologies: gastroesophageal reflux in some, H. pylori infection in others, and that cytokeratin immunostaining can help to differentiate between these two etiologies.
- Publication
Surgical endoscopy, 2003, Vol 17, Issue 1, p43
- ISSN
1432-2218
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00464-002-8944-1