Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages e7-e8 , January 2010

The Importance of Unfettered Gastric Motility

  • Ian Wall, DO

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
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  • Nison Badalov, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
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  • Michael Bernstein, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, Coney Island Hospital, Brooklyn, New York

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PII: S0016-5085(09)01133-0

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.05.066

Gastroenterology
Volume 138, Issue 1 , Pages e7-e8 , January 2010