TY - JOUR
T1 - Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in normal asymptomatic volunteers
AU - Akdamar, Kemal
AU - Ertan, Atilla
AU - Agrawal, Naurang M.
AU - McMahon, F. G.
AU - Ryan, Jerome
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the Gastroenterology Section Research Fund. The authors thank Gillian F. Brown, PhD, for editorial assistance and Ms. Andrea A. Janssen for secretarial assistance.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1986
Y1 - 1986
N2 - In a prospective study, 355 healthy, asymptomatic, male volunteers, 18 to 45 years of age, were screened by esophagogastroduodenoscopy before admission to clinical trials. One hundred thirty-four volunteers (38%) showed abnormal endoscopic findings. Some volunteers had more than one site of involvement or more than one grade of lesion in each anatomic location. In 49 (14%) of these subjects the esophagus was a site of involvement, while in 86 (24%) the stomach was involved, and in 71 (20%) the duodenum was involved. The point prevalences in these asymptomatic subjects were 8.5% for erosive esophagitis, 12% for erosive gastritis, 10% for erosive duodenitis, 2% for gastric ulcer, and 2% for duodenal ulcer.
AB - In a prospective study, 355 healthy, asymptomatic, male volunteers, 18 to 45 years of age, were screened by esophagogastroduodenoscopy before admission to clinical trials. One hundred thirty-four volunteers (38%) showed abnormal endoscopic findings. Some volunteers had more than one site of involvement or more than one grade of lesion in each anatomic location. In 49 (14%) of these subjects the esophagus was a site of involvement, while in 86 (24%) the stomach was involved, and in 71 (20%) the duodenum was involved. The point prevalences in these asymptomatic subjects were 8.5% for erosive esophagitis, 12% for erosive gastritis, 10% for erosive duodenitis, 2% for gastric ulcer, and 2% for duodenal ulcer.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0016-5107(86)71760-4
DO - 10.1016/S0016-5107(86)71760-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 3710103
AN - SCOPUS:0022636477
VL - 32
SP - 78
EP - 80
JO - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
JF - Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
SN - 0016-5107
IS - 2
ER -