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Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Tract > Upper Gastrointestinal Tract > Stomach > Esophagogastric Junction
Digestive System > Gastrointestinal Tract > Upper Gastrointestinal Tract > Esophagus > Esophagogastric Junction

Preferred term

Esophagogastric Junction  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Gastroesophageal Junction
  • Gastroesophageal Junctions
  • Junction, Gastroesophageal
  • Junctions, Gastroesophageal

Note

  • diseases: coordinate IM with ESOPHAGEAL DISEASES (IM) or specific esophageal disease (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with STOMACH NEOPLASMS (IM) or ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS (IM) depending on text

Scope note

  • The area covering the terminal portion of ESOPHAGUS and the beginning of STOMACH at the cardiac orifice.

History note

  • 66(64)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004943

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