Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 213-217 , August 2002

Acute esophageal necrosis: A 1-year prospective study

Presented in part at the Digestive Disease Week, May 20-23, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia (Gastrointest Endosc 2001;53:AB152).

Received 17 July 2001 ,Revised 20 September 2001 ,Accepted 28 December 2001.

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☆ Reprint requests: Guillaume Savoye, MD, Digestive Disease Research Tract, Department of Hepatogastroenterology, Rouen University Hospital C. Nicolle, 1 rue de Germont, 76031 Rouen Cedex France.

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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 213-217 , August 2002

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