Open AccessPrevalence of Barrett’s esophagus in patients with moderate to severe erosive esophagitis
Author(s) -
Nooman Gilani,
Richard Gerkin,
Francisco C. Ramirez,
Shahina Hakim,
Adam Randolph
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.14.3518
Subject(s) - medicine , gastroenterology , esophagitis , dysplasia , barrett's esophagus , endoscopy , esophagus , histology , inflammation , reflux , disease , adenocarcinoma , cancer
To investigate the proportion of patients with moderate-severe erosive esophagitis (EE) who will have Barrett's esophagus (BE) after healing of inflammation.