Gastroesophageal junction

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The gastroesophageal junction' (abbreviated GEJ), also esophagogastric junction (abbreviated EGJ) is definitionally the interface between the stomach and esophagus.

There are various definitions for the GEJ, it is not simply the squamo-columnar junction.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Huang, Q. (Mar 2011). "Definition of the esophagogastric junction: a critical mini review.". Arch Pathol Lab Med 135 (3): 384-9. doi:10.1043/2010-0162-RA.1. PMID 21366465.
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