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This work received editorial support from the Research and Postgraduate Group of Hospital de Clínicas in Porto Alegre (RS, Brazil) and financial support from the Research Support Foundation of Rio Grande do Sul (FAPERGS), Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), and Research Support Fund/Hospital de Clínicas in Porto Alegre (FIPE-HCPA).
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Pilger, D.A., Lopez, P.L., Segal, F. et al. Molecular Analysis of the p53 Gene in Patients with Intestinal Metaplasia of the Cardia and Barrett's Esophagus: Characterization by Sequencing. Dig Dis Sci 52, 2183–2185 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-006-9526-1
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