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Buried Barrett’s Esophagus—a Sheep in Sheep’s Clothing

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This work was supported, in part, by the NIH Awards K24DK100548 (NJS) and used resources from the UNC Center for GI Biology and Disease (P30DK34987).

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  1. Center for Esophageal Diseases and Swallowing, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Shervin Shafa & Nicholas J. Shaheen

  2. Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    Shervin Shafa & Nicholas J. Shaheen

  3. CB#7080, Bioinformatics Building, 130 Mason Farm Rd, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599-7080, USA

    Shervin Shafa

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Shafa, S., Shaheen, N.J. Buried Barrett’s Esophagus—a Sheep in Sheep’s Clothing. J Gastrointest Surg 20, 1281–1283 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11605-016-3165-4

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