Non-endoscopic screening for Barrett's oesophagus.
2010
Peter A Bampton
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D008297
Male
Males
D008403
Mass Screening
Organized periodic procedures performed on large groups of people for the purpose of detecting disease.
Screening,Mass Screenings,Screening, Mass,Screenings,Screenings, Mass
D005260
Female
Females
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001471
Barrett Esophagus
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.