The prevalence of Barrett's oesophagus in a cohort of 1040 Canadian primary care patients with uninvestigated dyspepsia undergoing prompt endoscopy

Background  The prevalence of Barrett's oesophagus in patients undergoing gastroscopy may be influenced by possible referral bias.

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