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Why do functional gastrointestinal disorders come and go?

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This work was supported in part by research grant AG09440 from the National Institutes of Health.

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Talley, N.J. Why do functional gastrointestinal disorders come and go?. Digest Dis Sci 39, 673–677 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02087407

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