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Expression of small intestinal and colonic phenotypes in complete intestinal metaplasia of the human stomach.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Nov 2005
Tanaka Harunari, Tsukamoto Tetsuya, Mizoshita Tsutomu, Inada Ken-ichi, Ogasawara Naotaka, Cao Xueyuan, Kato Sosuke, Joh Takashi, Tatematsu Masae
Abstract excerpt
The incomplete intestinal metaplasia (IM) that is reported to be a risk factor for gastric carcinogenesis in man usually features sulfomucin production and thus is considered of colonic type. To cast light on the underlying mechanisms, we here examined the proportions of colonic and small intesti...
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