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  1. IM Pike is a Gastroenterologist with the Gastrointestinal and Liver Specialists of Tidewater, PLLC, Virginia Beach, and an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA.,

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Pike, I. Quality improvement in gastroenterology: a US perspective. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 5, 550–551 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpgasthep1231

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