Prevalence and risk factors for Barrett’s esophagus in Taiwan

BACKGROUND: Barrett’s esophagus (BE) is a pre-malignant condition associated with the development of esophageal adenocarcinoma. The prevalence of BE in the general populations of Asian countries ranges from 0.06% to 1%. However, with lifestyle changes in Asian countries and adoption of western custo...

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Autores principales: Chen, Yan-Hua, Yu, Hsien-Chung, Lin, Kung-Hung, Lin, Huey-Shyan, Hsu, Ping-I
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2019
Materias:
Retrospective Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6626729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31333314
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v25.i25.3231

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