Gastroenterology
Volume 124, Issue 4 , Pages 903-910 , April 2003

Heterogeneity of symptom pattern, psychosocial factors, and pathophysiological mechanisms in severe functional dyspepsia

Received 27 August 2001 ,Accepted 9 January 2003.

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☆ Address requests for reprints to: Jan Tack, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. e-mail: Jan.Tack@med.kuleuven.ac.be; fax: (32) 16 34 44 19.

☆☆ The authors thank R. Vos, A. De Greef, and K. Luyckx for excellent technical support.

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