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Inadequate health care-seeking behavior of Japanese patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders: a preliminary survey

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  1. Department of Comprehensive Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, N-14 W-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060- 8648, Japan

    Tsukasa Nozu, Miwako Kudaira, Sigeru Kitamori & Masaji Maezawa

  2. Teine St. Luke’s Hospital, Sapporo, Japan

    Akira Uehara

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Received: June 14, 2001 / Accepted: October 5, 2001

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Nozu, T., Kudaira, M., Kitamori, S. et al. Inadequate health care-seeking behavior of Japanese patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders: a preliminary survey. J Gastroenterol 37, 231–232 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005350200027

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