PROFFERED PAPERS
Monday, March 24   —  1:00 PM   —  Cotillion South


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Section E - GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOLOGY
Chaired by: John Goldblum and Robert Odze



1:00 Evaluation of the Gastroesophageal Junction in 961 Asymptomatic Patients (525)
OW Cummings, TM Ulbright, DK Rex
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
1:15 Carditis, H.Pylori Gastritis, Reflux Esophagitis and Intestinal Metaplasia: A Histologic, Endoscopic and Clinical Correlation of 480 Cases (544)
N Gupta, A Singhal, M Linden, C Ma, AH Ormsby
Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI
1:30 Cytokeratin 7/20 and MUC1-6 Expression Patterns in Barrett's Esophagus and Intestinal Metaplasia of Stomach (541)
C Gulmann, OA Shaqaqi, A Grace, M Leader, S Patchett, D Butler, E Kay
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
1:45 Histological and Biological Properties of Epithelium underneath Re-Epithelialized Squamous Islands in Barrett's Esophagus (551)
JL Hornick, P Blount, C Sanchez, D Cowan, J Wongsurawat, C Maley, BJ Reid, RD Odze
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
2:00 Detection of Genetic Alterations in Barrett's Esophagus (BE) Associated High-Grade Dysplasia (HGD) and Intramucosal Adenocarcinoma (IMC): Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Study of Endoscopic Brushing Specimens (531)
M Fahmy, M Skacel, TL Gramlich, JR Goldblum, JE Richter, TW Rice, G Casey, GW Falk, RR Tubbs
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
2:15 Gastric Atrophy in Childhood: Early Diagnosis (596)
O Ricuarte, O Gutierrez, H Cardona, J Kim, H El-Zimaity
National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia; Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
2:30 Helicobacter Gastritis May Mimic Changes of Gluten-Sensitive Enteropathy in Duodenal Mucosa (553)
S Jakate, B Bhattacharya, A Keshavarzian
Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL
2:45 Sporadic Fundic Gland Polyps with Epithelial Dysplasia: Evidence for Preferential Targeting for Mutations in the Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Gene (616)
T-T Wu, SJ Park, L Mugartegui, SR Hamilton, SC Abraham
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
3:00 RECESS, EXHIBITS, POSTER SESSION II
4:30 NATHAN KAUFMAN TIMELY TOPICS LECTURE
Dr. Irving L. Weissman
Stem Cell Biology: Past, Present and Future
Marriott Ballroom