Barrett's esophagus is frequently overdiagnosed in clinical practice: results of the Barrett's Esophagus Endoscopic Revision (BEER) study.

Background: The published prevalence of Barrett's esophagus (BE) varies from 0.9% to 25%, in part because of differences in the endoscopic interpretation of the disease. Objective: We studied the accuracy of diagnosis in 130 patients previously labeled as having BE. Our aim was to determine the inte...

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Published in:Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Vol. 79; no. 4; pp. 565 - 574
Main Authors: Ganz, Robert A., Allen, John I., Leon, Sam, Batts, Kenneth P.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Elsevier B.V. Apr2014
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