Barrett Esophagus

"Barrett Esophagus" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

expand / collapse MeSH information
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.


expand / collapse publications
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Barrett Esophagus" by people in this website by year, and whether "Barrett Esophagus" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 19 publications over 11 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2006 and 2008 and 2009
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.