Human Pathology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , January 2003

Diagnostic yield of gastric biopsy specimens when screening for preneoplastic lesions

,Accepted 26 September 2003.

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☆ *Deceased.

☆☆ Supported in part by National Institutes of Health grant RO1 CA67488-04.

★ Address correspondence and reprint requests to Jeannette Guarner, MD, Infectious Disease Pathology Activity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mail Stop G32, 1600 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30333.

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doi: 10.1053/hupa.2003.3

Human Pathology
Volume 34, Issue 1 , Pages 28-31 , January 2003

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