Gastroenterology
Volume 96, Issue 2, Part 1 , Pages 428-432 , February 1989

Rectosigmoid motility and myoelectric activity in progressive systemic sclerosis

Received 20 July 1987 ,Accepted 14 September 1988.

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☆ This work was supported by grant DK31369 from the National Institute of Digestive and Kidney Diseases and by Career Development Award MH00133 from the National Institute of Mental Health.

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