Guidelines of the Czech gastroenterological society – endoscopic treatment of Barrett´s esophagus and early esophageal neoplasia

Czech version

Authors: J. Martínek ¹; Přemysl Falt ²; J. Gregar ³; V. Procházka ³; J. Špičák ¹; O. Urban ²; S. Rejchrt ⁴; A. Pazdro ⁵; M. Zemanová ⁶; A. Hep ⁷; J. Malušková ⁸; M. Stefanová ⁹; M. Vieth ¹⁰; T. Jirásek ¹¹; T. Hucl ¹
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika hepatogastroenterologie, IKEM, Praha ¹; Centrum péče o zažívací trakt, Vítkovická nemocnice a. s. ²; II. interní klinika UP a FN Olomouc ³; II. interní klinika LF UK a FN Hradec Králové ⁴; III. chirurgická klinika 1. LF UK a FN v Motole, Praha ⁵; Onkologická klinika 1. LF UK a VFN, Praha ⁶; Interní gastroenterologická klinika, FN Brno-Bohunice ⁷; Pracoviště klinické a transplantační patologie, IKEM, Praha ⁸; Interní oddělení, Nemocnice Na Františku, Praha ⁹; Klinikum Bayreuth, Department of Pathology, Preuschwitzer Str. 101, 95445 Bayreuth, Německo ¹⁰; Ústav patologie 3. LF UK a FN Královské Vinohrady, Praha ¹¹
Published in: Gastroent Hepatol 2013; 67(6): 479-487
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The authors declare they have no potential conflicts of interest concerning drugs, products, or services used in the study.

The Editorial Board declares that the manuscript met the ICMJE „uniform requirements“ for biomedical papers.

Submitted:
25. 11. 2013

Accepted:
2. 12. 2013

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