Dilated intercellular spaces of esophageal epithelium in non- erosive reflux disease: Transmission electron microscopic (TEM) study

• Main Authors: Myint, Yi Yi, Tun, Ye, Mohammad Amjad, Nasser, Mat Hassan, Mohd. Zailani, Abdul Rashid, Nor Linda
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Putra Malaysia 2011
• Subjects: QM Human anatomy
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/13767/1/NERD_article_in_EM_Journal_2011.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/13767/; http://ibs.upm.edu.my/~aini/publications.htm

The prevalence of Non-erosive reflux disease (NERD) is increasing in Asia. Dilated intercellular spaces (DIS) are considered as early signs of acid damage to the esophageal epithelium. There is little information available in the literature on the (DIS) of esophageal epithelium in NERD patients in M...