Upper gastro-intestinal endoscopy (EGDS) has limitations in identifying microscopic
lesions [
[1]
]. Unfortunately, microscopic lesions are frequent in patients undergoing EGDS and
often represent pre-neoplastic conditions. Hence the need for biopsies and histological
evaluation which, however, do not ensure total protection from diagnostic errors.To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Published online: April 09, 2014
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© 2014 Editrice Gastroenterologica Italiana S.r.l. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
