Gastro-esophageal reflux disease symptoms and demographic factors as a pre-screening tool for Barrett's esophagus.

Gastro-esophageal reflux disease symptoms and demographic factors as a pre-screening tool for Barrett's esophagus.

<h4>Background</h4>Barrett's esophagus (BE) occurs as consequence of reflux and is a risk factor for esophageal adenocarcinoma. The current "gold-standard" for diagnosing BE is endoscopy which remains prohibitively expensive and impractical as a population screening tool....

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Main Authors: Xinxue Liu, Angela Wong, Sudarshan R Kadri, Andrej Corovic, Maria O'Donovan, Pierre Lao-Sirieix, Laurence B Lovat, Rodney W Burnham, Rebecca C Fitzgerald
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0094163
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