Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 6 , Pages 1004-1010 , May 2009

Diagnosing Barrett's esophagus: reliability of clinical and pathologic diagnoses

Received 31 March 2008 ,Accepted 10 July 2008.

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 DISCLOSURE: All authors disclosed no financial relationships relevant to this publication. Supported by U.S. National Institutes of Health grant No. RO1 DK63616, the Kaiser Permanente Research Project on Genes, Environment and Health, and a Kaiser Permanente Community Benefits Grant.

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PII: S0016-5107(08)02324-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.07.035

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 6 , Pages 1004-1010 , May 2009

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