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What are the limitations of the histological interpretation of a biopsy taken from the area of esophagitis?

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Prior to 1970, the histologic diagnosis of reflux esophagitis was poorly defined as a neutrophil infiltrate in the lamina propria.

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    C. G. Bremner

  2. Bristol, UK

    K. Jeyasingham

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  1. Service de Chirurgie Digestive, Hôpital Beaujon, 100, Blvd. du Genéral Leclerc, F-92110, Clichy - Paris, France

    Robert Giuli M. D., FACS, FCCP (Professor of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery)

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    Richard W. McCallum M. D., FACP, FRACP (Australia), FACG (Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology) (Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology)

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Bremner, C.G., Jeyasingham, K. (1989). What are the limitations of the histological interpretation of a biopsy taken from the area of esophagitis?. In: Giuli, R., McCallum, R.W. (eds) Benign Lesions of the Esophagus and Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73055-9_38

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