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Risk of progression of Barrett's esophagus in patients with cirrhosis

AIM: To study Barrett’s esophagus (BE) in cirrhosis and assess progression to esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) compared to non-cirrhotic BE controls. METHODS: Cirrhotic patients who were found to have endoscopic evidence of BE confirmed by the presence of intestinal metaplasia on histology from 1/1/2...

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Autores principales: Apfel, Tehilla, Lopez, Rocio, Sanaka, Madhusudhan R, Thota, Prashanthi N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5434434/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28566888
http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i18.3287