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European Cancer Center for their assistance and support; Dr Anya Milne for critically reading the manuscript; Wilfried Meun for photography.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    G. J. A. Offerhaus, S. van Eeden, F. J. W. ten Kate & A. Bosma

  2. PO Box 22660, 1100DD , Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    G. J. A. Offerhaus

  3. Department of Pathology, LSUMC , New Orleans, USA

    P. Correa

  4. Department of Pathology, KUL , Leuven, Belgium

    K. Geboes

  5. Department of Pathology, OLVG , Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    P. Drillenburg

  6. Department of Pathology, University of Magdeburg, Germany

    M. Vieth

  7. Department of Pathology, NKI/AVL , Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    M. L. van Velthuysen

  8. Department of Pathology, Niigata University, Japan

    H. Watanabe

  9. Department of Pathology, Jorvi Hospital, Espoo, Finland

    P. Sipponen

  10. Department of Pathology, Lausanne University, Switzerland

    F. T. Bosman

  11. Department of Pathology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland

    A. Ristimaki

  12. Department of Pathology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    H. van Dekken

  13. Department of Pathology, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

    R. Riddell

  14. Department of Gastroenterology, Academic Medical Center , Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    G. N. J. Tytgat

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Offerhaus, G.J.A., Correa, P., van Eeden, S. et al. Report of an Amsterdam Working Group on Barrett Esophagus. Virchows Arch 443, 602–608 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-003-0906-z

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