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Diagnosis of Neoplasia in Barrett’s Esophagus using Vital-dye Enhanced Fluorescence Imaging
Published on: May 11, 2014
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Is more always better in Barrett's esophagus?
1Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
|June 25, 2018
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