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Abstract
A condition with damage to the lining of the lower ESOPHAGUS resulting from chronic acid reflux (ESOPHAGITIS, REFLUX). Through the process of metaplasia, the squamous cells are replaced by a columnar epithelium with cells resembling those of the INTESTINE or the salmon-pink mucosa of the STOMACH. Barrett's columnar epithelium is a marker for severe reflux and precursor to ADENOCARCINOMA of the esophagus.
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- Barrett Metaplasia
- Barrett Syndrome
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Barrett's Syndrome
- Esophagus, Barrett
- Barrett Metaplasias
- Barretts Esophagus
- Barretts Syndrome
- Esophagus, Barrett's
- Metaplasia, Barrett
- Metaplasias, Barrett
- Barrett Epithelium
- Epithelium, Barrett
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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89(81); was see under ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES 1981-88
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- Esophageal Stenosis (1966-1980)
- Esophagitis, Peptic (1966-1980)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Barrett Esophagus. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001471. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001471
- Barrett Esophagus. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett%27s_esophagus
- Barrett Esophagus. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q808892