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Prior to 1970, the histologic diagnosis of reflux esophagitis was poorly defined as a neutrophil infiltrate in the lamina propria.
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Bremner, C.G., Jeyasingham, K. (1989). What are the limitations of the histological interpretation of a biopsy taken from the area of esophagitis?. In: Giuli, R., McCallum, R.W. (eds) Benign Lesions of the Esophagus and Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73055-9_38
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