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How useful is histologic confirmation of intestinal metaplasia in patients with long-segment Barrett's esophagus?

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Harrison R et al. (2007) Detection of intestinal metaplasia in Barrett's esophagus: an observational comparator study suggests the need for a minimum of eight biopsies. Am J Gastroenterol 102: 1154–1161

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  1. C Hur is Director of GI Health Outcomes Research at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and P Yachimski is a Fellow in Gastroenterology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,

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Hur, C., Yachimski, P. How useful is histologic confirmation of intestinal metaplasia in patients with long-segment Barrett's esophagus?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 140–141 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1056

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