Gastroenterology
Volume 94, Issue 4 , Pages 1092-1094 , April 1988

What is irritable esophagus? Another point of view

  • G. Vantrappen, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Gaston Vantrappen, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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  • J. Janssens, M.D., Ph.D.

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