Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chandrasoma, Para,

Titel

GERD : a new understanding of pathology, pathophysiology, and treatment

Ort / Verlag

London, England : Academic Press,

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Link zum Volltext

• Elsevier Books AutoHoldings

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and indexes.
• Definition of gastroesophageal reflux disease -- Present diagnosis and management of gastroesophageal and reflux disease -- Fetal and postnatal development of the esophagus and proximal stomach -- Histologic definition and diagnosis of epithelia in the esophagus and proximal stomach -- Definition of the normal state -- Definition of the gastroesophageal junction -- The normal lower esophageal sphincter -- The pathogenesis of early GERD -- Correlation of LES damage and GERD -- The effect of damage to the abdominal segement of the LES -- Columnar-lined esophagus -- Esophageal adenocarcinoma -- Progression of GERD at the clinical level -- Progression of GERD at a pathological level -- Molecular evolution of esophageal epithelial metaplasia -- Progression of GERD from the perspective of LES damage -- New pathologic test of LES damage -- New method of functional assessment of the LES -- Prediction of future progression of LES damage -- Proof of cencept of the new diagnostic method -- Application of the new method to present and future management of GERD.
• Description based on print version record.