Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma
Contributors: Prateek Sharma (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, Incorporated
Published: July 15, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780632045099
First sentence: The term Barrett's esophagus derives its name from Norman Barrett, a British surgeon, who initially defined this condition in the 1950s as "congenitally short esophagus that tethered the stomach into the mediastinum."