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Upper-esophageal sphincter dysfunction pathogenesis and treatment

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  1. Gastrointestinal Section, Veterans Administration Hospital, Clement Street, 94121, San Francisco, California

    Alfred L. Hurwitz MD & André Duranceau MD

  2. Department of Medicine, University of California Medical Center, San Francisco, California

    Alfred L. Hurwitz MD & André Duranceau MD

  3. Le Département de Chirurgie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

    Alfred L. Hurwitz MD & André Duranceau MD

  4. Département de Chirurgie générale et thoracique, Hôpital Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

    Alfred L. Hurwitz MD & André Duranceau MD

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Hurwitz, A.L., Duranceau, A. Upper-esophageal sphincter dysfunction pathogenesis and treatment. Digest Dis Sci 23, 275–281 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01072329

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