Anyone can develop GERD. You are more likely to have GERD if you are overweight or have obesity are a pregnant woman take certain medicines smoke or are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke Without ...

In type I strictures, the duodenal stricture might necessitate balloon dilation (with caution for the risk of perforation) for proper duodenoscope positioning and eventual biliary stent placement ...

Acid regurgitation can lead to distal peptic strictures of the esophagus, with a low eosinophilic infiltration on biopsy (<10 eosinophils/HPF). Eosinophilic esophagitis can produce thick rings or ...

with minimal impact on non-malignant esophageal epithelial cells. Phosphoproteomics analysis following dronedarone treatment revealed downregulation of phosphorylation sites on the retinoblastoma ...

1 Department of Pediatric Surgery, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. 2 The Institution of Clinical Research, Lund University, Lund, Sweden. Background: The development of esophageal stricture ...