Tissue resistance in the normal and diseased esophagus
- PMID: 24117643
- DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12248
Tissue resistance in the normal and diseased esophagus
Abstract
This paper presents commentaries on reflux-induced injury of human esophageal epithelium; inflammation in human reflux esophagitis; motor consequences of reflux-induced inflammation in esophageal epithelium; the microscopic morphology of esophageal squamous epithelium; intraluminal impedance in the evaluation of the esophageal mucosa; endoscopic tissue morphology of esophageal squamous epithelium; and the developmental biology of esophageal squamous epithelium.
Keywords: GERD; eosinophilic esophagitis; erosive esophagitis; esophageal squamous epithelium.
© 2013 New York Academy of Sciences.
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