Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
"Upper Gastrointestinal Tract" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The segment of GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT that includes the ESOPHAGUS; the STOMACH; and the DUODENUM.
| Descriptor ID |
D041742
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A03.556.875
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Upper Gastrointestinal Tract" by people in Profiles.
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Upper gastrointestinal fluoroscopic simulator for neonates with bilious emesis. Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Aug; 45(9):1413-6.
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Endoscopic and pathologic changes of the upper gastrointestinal tract in Crohn's disease. Biomed Res Int. 2014; 2014:610767.
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Upper versus lower gastrointestinal bleeding: a direct comparison of clinical presentation, outcomes, and resource utilization. J Hosp Med. 2010 Mar; 5(3):141-7.
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Upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage: have new therapeutics made a difference? J Hosp Med. 2009 Sep; 4(7):E6-10.
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Detection of Helicobacter pylori gastritis by PCR: correlation with inflammation scores and immunohistochemical and CLOtest findings. Am J Clin Pathol. 2008 Jan; 129(1):89-96.
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Routine upper GI series after gastric bypass does not reliably identify anastomotic leaks or predict stricture formation. Surg Endosc. 2007 Dec; 21(12):2172-7.
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Transcatheter arterial embolization of acute upper gastrointestinal tract bleeding with N-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Feb; 18(2):209-16.
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The mammalian twisted gastrulation gene functions in foregut and craniofacial development. Dev Biol. 2004 Mar 15; 267(2):374-86.