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The causes and mechanisms of abdominal pain

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    Present address: Lt. Paul Schutz, ASN O-1754770, MC-AUS, 3505th Bu Squadron A-3, AAF Regional Hospital, Scott Field, Ill.

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  1. Scott Field, Illinois

    Paul Jeffrey Schutz M.D.

  2. From the Michael Reese Hospital and the Department of Gastrointestinal Research, Research Institute of Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, Illinois

    Paul Jeffrey Schutz M.D.

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Aided by a grant from A. B. Kuppenheimer Fund. The Department is in part supported by the Michael Reese Research Foundation.

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Schutz, P.J. The causes and mechanisms of abdominal pain. Jour. D. D. 13, 299–307 (1946). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03002773

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