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Elihu M. Schimmel
Researcher at Boston University
Publications - 24
Citations - 1824
Elihu M. Schimmel is an academic researcher from Boston University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Esophagus & Barrett's esophagus. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 24 publications receiving 1800 citations. Previous affiliations of Elihu M. Schimmel include Veterans Health Administration & Tufts University.
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Adenocarcinoma and Barrett's esophagus. An overrated risk?
Stuart J. Spechler,Stuart J. Spechler,Alan H. Robbins,Alan H. Robbins,Hanna Bloomfield Rubins,Hanna Bloomfield Rubins,Miriam E. Vincent,Miriam E. Vincent,Timothy Heeren,Timothy Heeren,Wilhelm G. Doos,Wilhelm G. Doos,Theodore Colton,Theodore Colton,Elihu M. Schimmel,Elihu M. Schimmel +15 more
TL;DR: The risk of developing esophageal cancer in Barrett's esophagus has been estimated at about 10%. This estimate is based primarily on data concerning the prevalence of that association in series of hospitalized patients and autopsies.
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The hazards of hospitalization.
TL;DR: Excerpt Recent medical progress has brought dramatic advances in methods of diagnosis and treatment; with each new advance, however, reports of adverse reactions have soon followed.
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A controlled study of the prophylactic portacaval shunt. A final report.
Robert H. Resnick,Thomas C. Chalmers,Albert M. Ishihara,Arthur J. Garceau,Allan D. Callow,Elihu M. Schimmel,Edward T. O'Hara +6 more
TL;DR: Patients with cirrhosis and esophageal varices participated in a controlled prospective investigation of the prophylactic portacaval shunt procedure for the prevention of blee...
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The hazards of hospitalization
TL;DR: The occurrence of hospital-induced complications on a university medical service was documented in the prospective investigation of over 1000 patients and the severity of the reported episodes was minor in 110, moderate in 82, and major in 48, of which 16 ended fatally.
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Chronic Intestinal Coccidiosis in Man: Intestinal Morphology and Response to Treatment
TL;DR: A severe mucosal lesion of the small intestine characterized by shortened villi, hypertrophied crypts, and infiltration of the lamina propria with eosinophils, polymorphonuclear leukocytes, and round cells was associated with the intestinal coccidial infestation.