IT is now generally accepted that celiac disease in children and idiopathic steatorrhea (nontropical
sprue) in adults are phases of the same disease. For convenience we refer to this …

Many data are available concerning cell proliferation and migration in the gut of animals.
Little work has been done on man. In this study 2 ambulatory patients with incurable …

4. The diagnosis of coeliac sprue was based on a characteristic intestinal lesion and a
favourable response to gluten-free diet; the 23 patients ranged in age from 6 to 68 years and in …

One hundred twenty‐nine adenocarcinomas involving the esophagus and/or gastric cardia
differed significantly from 212 cancers of the rest of the stomach as follows: male–female ratio…

The clinical features of 51 patients with adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia were compared
with those of 169 patients with cancer elsewhere in the stomach. The male‐to‐female ratio …

DepaTtment of Medicine, UniveTsity of BTitish Columbia, Vancouve1·, B1· itish Columbia,
and DepaTtment of Medicine, UniveTsity of Washington, Seattle, Washington : iVIore than 15 …

The authors studied the cigarette and alcohol use of 243 patients with adenocarcinoma of the
cardia or lower esophagus, including 66 with Barrett's metaplasia (esophagocardia group)…

BACKGROUND Surgery for peptic ulcer is associated with an increased risk of later development
of gastric carcinoma. This risk applies to cancer occurring in the distal stomach, not at …

The microscopic appearance of the mucosa of 50 partial gastrectomy specimens resected
for chronic gastric ulcer was correlated with the patient’s intake of aspirin. Multiple sections …

This study represents retrospective analysis of 87 patients with a carcinoid tumour of the
gastrointestinal tract seen and followed in the British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA) from …