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Infant GERD: Symptoms, Reflux Episodes & Reflux Disease, Acid & Non-acid Refllux—Implications for Treatment with PPIs

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Orenstein, S.R. Infant GERD: Symptoms, Reflux Episodes & Reflux Disease, Acid & Non-acid Refllux—Implications for Treatment with PPIs. Curr Gastroenterol Rep 15, 353 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11894-013-0353-1

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