Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 2 , Pages 419-421 , August 2009

Microbiome Analysis in the Esophagus

  • Sebastian Suerbaum

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Sebastian Suerbaum, MD, Professor and Director, Institute of Medical Microbiology and Hospital Epidemiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany. fax: +49 511 5324355

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 Conflicts of interest The author discloses no conflicts.

PII: S0016-5085(09)00986-X

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.06.017

Gastroenterology
Volume 137, Issue 2 , Pages 419-421 , August 2009

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