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Gastroesophageal Junction

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Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract

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  • Bombeck, C. T., Dillard, D. H., & Nyhus, L. M. (1966). Muscular anatomy of the gastroesophageal junction and role of phrenoesophageal ligament; autopsy study of sphincter mechanism. Annals of Surgery, 164(4), 643–654.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Warren 219, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Namrata Setia

  2. Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Gregory Y. Lauwers

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Faculty of Medicine of Porto University, Centro Hospitalar São João and Ipatimup/i3S, Porto, Portugal

    Fátima Carneiro

  2. Serviço de Anatomia Patológica, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa de Francisco Gentil, Lisbon, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  3. Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal

    Paula Chaves

  4. Department of Pathology, Ankara University Medical School, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey

    Arzu Ensari

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Setia, N., Lauwers, G.Y. (2017). Gastroesophageal Junction. In: Carneiro, F., Chaves, P., Ensari, A. (eds) Pathology of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40560-5_1616

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