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These results support the hypothesis that the presence of ANCA in plasma might at least partially be related to occupational exposure.

Despite a smaller oesophageal diameter at the time of diagnosis, during the period 1994-1998, diagnostic delay was not reduced. No clinical features associated with late diagnoses could be identified.

This medical and economic cohort study suggests that OLT is still expensive; the study identifies sources of extra cost that could be limited either by improved selection of patients or, in the future, by technological advances in immunosuppressive therapy that help avoid medical complications. It also suggests the situation is precarious, with outcomes and costs being very sensitive to variation in graft availability.