Correlation of endoscopic and histological findings in diagnosis of gastrointestinal metaplasia in patients referred to the Clinica Colombia for upper endoscopies
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1 Gastroenterologist at the Clínica Universitaria Colombia in Bogotá, Colombia 2 Pathologist and Epidemiologist at the Clínica Reina Sofía and the Clínica Universitaria Colombia in Bogotá, Colombia 3 Gastroenterologist and Epidemiologist at the Clínica Reina Sofía in Bogotá, Colombia 4 Gastroenterologist at the Clínica Reina Sofía – Clínica Universitaria. Bogotá, Colombia. 5 Chief of Gastroenterology at the Clínica Reina Sofía in Bogotá, Colombia
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