Patients with high-grade dysplasia are discovered earlier if ... these short segments of intestinal metaplasia are called short-segment BE. [7] BE is now believed to be a major cause of the ...

White and Hispanic US veterans with a diagnosis of ultrashort Barrett esophagus had an increased risk of persistent Barrett esophagus.

It was subsequently found that intestinal metaplasia could occur in the distal 2-3 cm of the esophagus as well; this form of intestinal metaplasia is termed short-segment BE.

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