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Offerhaus, G.J.A., Correa, P., van Eeden, S. et al. Report of an Amsterdam Working Group on Barrett Esophagus. Virchows Arch 443, 602–608 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-003-0906-z
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