Gastroenterology
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages e8-e9 , October 2010

Persistent Right-Sided Chest Pain

  • Wei-Chang Huang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Chia-Yi Veterans Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan and Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Gwan-Han Shen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Respiratory Therapy, China Medical University and Division of Chest Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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  • Chih-Wei Tseng, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan and Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

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doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.11.061

Gastroenterology
Volume 139, Issue 4 , Pages e8-e9 , October 2010

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