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Neosquamous epithelium does not typically arise from Barrett's epithelium.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Mar 2006
Paulson Thomas G, Xu Lianjun, Sanchez Carissa, Blount Patricia L, Ayub Kamran, Odze Robert D, Reid Brian J
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Neosquamous epithelium (NSE) can arise within Barrett's esophagus as a consequence of medical or surgical acid reduction therapy, as well as after endoscopic ablation. Morphologic studies have suggested that NSE can develop from adjacent squamous epithelium, submucosal gland ducts, or multipotent progenitor cell(s) that can give rise to either squamous or Barrett's epithelium, depending on the luminal...
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