Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 4 , Pages 1155-1157, April 2009

Alcohol Drinking and the Risk of Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

  • Hashem B. El-Serag

      Affiliations

    • Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas and, Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Hashem B. El-Serag, MD, MPH, Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 202 Holcombe Boulevard (152), Houston, Texas 77030
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  • Jesper Lagergren

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Esophageal and Gastric Research, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

published online 23 February 2009.

No abstract is available. To read the body of this article, please view the Full Text online.

 

 Conflicts of interest The authors disclose no conflicts.

 Funding Supported by NIH NIDDK K24DK078154-03 (H.B.E-S.) and the Swedish Research Council and Swedish Cancer Society (J.L.).

PII: S0016-5085(09)00201-7

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2009.02.021

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Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 4 , Pages 1155-1157, April 2009