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It’s What’s Up Front That Counts—Part One: Endoscopic Diagnosis and Therapy of Esophageal Crohn’s Disease

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  1. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Sacramento, CA, USA

    Latifat Alli-Akintade, Jennifer Hewitt, Maneesh Singh, Yume Nguyen, Sara Keihanian, Jennifer T. Chang, Sundip Karsan, Samuel Tesfay & Fernando S. Velayos

  2. Regional Work Group for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Sacramento, USA

    Latifat Alli-Akintade, Jennifer Hewitt, Maneesh Singh, Yume Nguyen, Sara Keihanian, Jennifer T. Chang, Sundip Karsan, Samuel Tesfay & Fernando S. Velayos

  3. Department of Pathology, Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento, Sacramento, USA

    Asraa Namiq

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Alli-Akintade, L., Hewitt, J., Namiq, A. et al. It’s What’s Up Front That Counts—Part One: Endoscopic Diagnosis and Therapy of Esophageal Crohn’s Disease. Dig Dis Sci 64, 3100–3103 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-019-05833-x

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