Journal article
The prevalence of Barrett's oesophagus in a cohort of 1040 Canadian primary care patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia undergoing prompt endoscopy
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of Barrett's oesophagus in patients undergoing gastroscopy may be influenced by possible referral bias.
AIM: To present the prevalence of Barrett's oesophagus from the the Canadian Adult Dyspepsia Empirical Therapy Prompt Endoscopy study and to explore potential risk factors for its presence.
Authors
VAN ZANTEN SJOV; THOMSON ABR; BARKUN AN; ARMSTRONG D; CHIBA N; WHITE RJ; ESCOBEDO S; SINCLAIR P
Journal
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Vol. 23, No. 5, pp. 595–599
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
March 2006
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02813.x
ISSN
0269-2813