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How useful are proton-pump inhibitors for diagnosis and therapy of patients with noncardiac chest pain?

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The synopsis was written by Rachel Jones, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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    Philip J Matthews & Qasim Aziz

  2. Professor of Gastroenterology in the Department of Gastrointestinal Sciences, University of Manchester, Hope Hospital, Manchester, UK

    Philip J Matthews & Qasim Aziz

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Matthews, P., Aziz, Q. How useful are proton-pump inhibitors for diagnosis and therapy of patients with noncardiac chest pain?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 2, 506–507 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep0313

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