Medically reviewed by Qin Rao, MD Intestinal metaplasia (IM) occurs when the body replaces the cells that line the upper ...

Presumably, the repeated exposure to acid and bile in the refluxate induces tissue injury in the lower esophagus, and the intestinal metaplasia that forms during the healing process likely ...

It is generally believed that gastric cancer is a multi-step progression from chronic gastritis to gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia, dysplasia and cancer. Early gastric cancer is defined as ...

She edits and prepares scientific manuscripts and grant proposals for submission. Intestinal metaplasia (IM) occurs when the body replaces the cells that line the upper digestive tract (including ...