Gastroenterology
Volume 130, Issue 3 , Pages 988-989 , March 2006

Pressure Details From the Weight-Challenged Gastroesophageal Junction: More Than the Usual Suspects

  • Radu Tutuian

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Radu Tutuian, MD, Head, Gastrointestinal Function Unit, Division of Gastroenterology/Hepatology, University of Zurich, Ramistr. 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland. fax: (41) 44 255 4503.
    • ,
  • Donald O. Castell

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology—Hepatology, Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, South Carolina, USA

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PII: S0016-5085(06)00195-8

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.01.069

Gastroenterology
Volume 130, Issue 3 , Pages 988-989 , March 2006

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