noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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distal
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These effects of cisapride were confined to the mid and distal oesophagus .
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These contraction sequences were associated with long periods of increased baseline pressure in the distal oesophagus .
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Several factors are responsible for recurrent exposure of the distal oesophagus to gastric contents and the subsequent development of reflux oesophagitis.
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Barrett's oesophagus represents a metaplastic transformation of the normal squamous cell epithelium of the lower tubular oesophagus into columnar epithelium.
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This was to facilitate more efficient aspiration of fluid from the lower oesophagus .
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Allison and Johnstone suggested that columnar epithelium occurred in the lower oesophagus , secondary to gastro-oesophageal reflux.
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Such complications occur in approximately 50% of patients with Barrett's columnar lined lower oesophagus .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A wide variation among subjects was also seen in the total amount of food refluxed into the oesophagus .
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All subjects included in the study were healthy young persons without any symptoms related to the oesophagus .
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Barrett's oesophagus represents a metaplastic transformation of the normal squamous cell epithelium of the lower tubular oesophagus into columnar epithelium.
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Controversy exists over the influence of medical or surgical treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux on Barrett's oesophagus .
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Gillen etal compared 25 patients with oesophagitis in a single group with 24 Barrett's oesophagus patients.
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Hiatus hernia was absent in only one of the nine patients with Barrett's oesophagus .
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Only six patients were previously known to have a columnar lined oesophagus .
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The second aim was to relate the effects of acid and alkaline exposure to the development of complications in Barrett's oesophagus .