Stem cells in Barrett's esophagus: HALOs or horns?

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-43

  Spechler, Stuart Jon ^a,b   Souza, Rhonda F ^a,b  

^a VA NORTH TEXAS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER STEM CELL; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; HUMAN; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION;

BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 45249089430     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.02.080     Document Type: Editorial

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