Eyal, Paula2012-03-142012-03-142012Eyal, P 2012, 'Barretts's oesophagus', CME : Continuing Medical Education, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 71-72.1016-6742 (print)2078-5143 (online)http://hdl.handle.net/2263/18441Barrett's oesophagus (BO) is defined as the occurrence of metaplastic, specialised columnar epithelium lining the distal part of the oesophagus. Evidence points to this as a metaplastic condition in reaction to ulceration and re-epithelialisation, the columnar epithelium replacing the normal stratified squamous epithelium.enHealth and Medical Publishing GroupBarretts’s oesophagusEsophagus -- DiseasesEsophagoscopyEsophagus -- Cancer -- SurgeryArticle