Barretts's oesophagus

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Barretts's oesophagus

Eyal, Paula
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18441
Date: 2012

Abstract:

Barrett's oesophagus (BO) is defined as the occurrence of metaplastic, specialised columnar epithelium lining the distal part of the oesophagus. Evidence points to this as a metaplastic condition in reaction to ulceration and re-epithelialisation, the columnar epithelium replacing the normal stratified squamous epithelium.

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