Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Volume 119, Issue 4, October 2000, Pages 1165-1166
Gastroenterology

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Barrett's esophagus: The long and the short of it

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GASTROENTEROLOGY 2000;119:1165-1166

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Although clinical factors such as obesity and the presence of gastroesophageal reflux symptoms have been identified as risk factors for developing esophageal adenocarcinoma (Ann Intern Med 1999;130:883–890, N Engl J Med 1999;340:825–831), the presence of specialized intestinal metaplasia is the strongest risk factor for developing esophageal adenocarcinoma (N Engl J Med 1985;313:857–859, Gastroenterology 1989;96:1249–1256). For many years, it has been suggested that patients with Barrett's

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