White opaque substance visualized by magnifying narrow-band imaging is associated with intragastric acid conditions
Background and study aims The presence of white opaque substance (WOS) is an endoscopic marker of intestinal metaplasia. Considering that the nature of WOS is absorbed lipid droplets, lipase plays an important role in the lipid absorption process and is inactivated at strong acidity. WOS may only be...
Main Authors: | Kazumi Togo, Tetsuya Ueo, Kenshi Yao, Kurato Wada, Hideho Honda, Syotaro Inoue, Masahide Fukuda, Yuka Yanai, Hirotoshi Yonemasu, Kazunari Murakami |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
2018-07-01
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Series: | Endoscopy International Open |
Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/a-0611-4825 |
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