Argon plasma coagulation for Barrett’s neoplasia: the right hot ingredient for a successful recipe?

Roos E. Pouw; Jacques J. G. H. M. Bergman

doi:10.1055/s-0033-1359142

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 2014; 46(01): 13-15
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1359142

Editorial

Argon plasma coagulation for Barrett’s neoplasia: the right hot ingredient for a successful recipe?

Roos E. Pouw

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Jacques J. G. H. M. Bergman

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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