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{	
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{
	var name = "SLIDINGTBL_NAVBAR_OLEVELID";		
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}
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{	
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function NavBar_deleteCookie() 
{
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<p>Congratulations to Drs. <a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=5591" title="Daniel Cole MD UCLA Gastroenterologist">Daniel Cole</a>, <a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=12541" title="Rome Juthaba MD Gastroenterologist">Rome Juthaba</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&amp;id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=16871" title="Dr. Dinesh Chhetri Best Doctors 2012">Dinesh Chhetri</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&amp;id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=12512" title="Dr. Joe Hines Super Doc 2012">Joe Hines</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&amp;id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=1826" title="Dr. Barbara Kadell Best Doctors 2012">Barbara Kadell</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=9782" title="Dr. Thomas Kovacs 2012 Super Doc">Thomas Kovacs</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&amp;id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=122905" title="Dr. Raman Muthusamy Best Doctors 2012">V.&nbsp;Raman Muthusamy</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&amp;id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=4485" title="Dr. Bennett Roth 2012 Super Doc">Bennett Roth</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&amp;id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=6866" title="Dr. Michael Selch Best Doctors 2012">Michael Selch</a>, <a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&amp;id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=5699" title="Ronald Siegel MD UCLA Gastroenterologist">Ronald Siegel</a>, <a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=6842" title="Dr. Wilfred Weinstein 2012 Super Doc">Wilfred Weinstein</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=932" title="Best Doctors List 2012">Read More&gt;&gt;</a></p>
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									<p>In treating Barrett's Esophagus, "the key is to accurately determine the level and extent of the disease, in order to choose the appropriate care," explains <a href="http://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?xyzpdqabc=0&amp;id=479&amp;action=detail&amp;ref=122905" title="Raman Muthusamy, MD">V. Raman Muthusamy, MD</a> director of UCLA's Interventional Endoscopy Program.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="workfiles/Newsletters/ClinicalUpdateIESEsophagealDisease12-2011.pdf" title="Interventional Endoscopy for Esophageal Disorders"></a></p>
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