"Cardia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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That part of the STOMACH close to the opening from ESOPHAGUS into the stomach (cardiac orifice), the ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION. The cardia is so named because of its closeness to the HEART. Cardia is characterized by the lack of acid-forming cells (GASTRIC PARIETAL CELLS).
| Descriptor ID |
D002299
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.875.875.163
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| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cardia" by people in Profiles.
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A region-resolved mucosa proteome of the human stomach. Nat Commun. 2019 01 03; 10(1):39.
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Increased risk of noncardia gastric cancer associated with proinflammatory cytokine gene polymorphisms. Gastroenterology. 2004 Jan; 126(1):382-4.
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Cytokeratin subsets for distinguishing Barrett's esophagus from intestinal metaplasia in the cardia using endoscopic biopsy specimens. Am J Gastroenterol. 2001 May; 96(5):1378-82.
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The gastric cardia in gastro-oesophageal disease. J Clin Pathol. 2000 Aug; 53(8):619-25.
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Transhiatal approach to total gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma of the gastric cardia. Br J Surg. 1999 Dec; 86(12):1589-90.
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Oesophagogastrectomy for iatrogenic perforation of oesophageal and cardia carcinoma. Br J Surg. 1996 Oct; 83(10):1429-32.
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The gastric cardia in Helicobacter pylori infection. Hum Pathol. 1994 Sep; 25(9):915-9.
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Comparison of biopsy sites for the histopathologic diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori: a topographic study of H. pylori density and distribution. Gastrointest Endosc. 1994 May-Jun; 40(3):342-5.