Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 1 , Pages 343-345 , July 2007

Body Composition and Barrett’s Esophagus

  • Jesper Lagergren

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Jesper Lagergren, MD, ESOGAR, P9:03, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. fax: (46) 8 331 587.

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PII: S0016-5085(07)01023-2

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2007.05.039

Gastroenterology
Volume 133, Issue 1 , Pages 343-345 , July 2007

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