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Chest pain as a consequence of abnormal visceral nociception

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  1. Cardiology Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland

    Richard O. Cannon III MD &  Stanley B. Benjamin MD

  2. Gastroenterology Section, Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Rd NW, Room 2118, 20007-2197, Washington, DC

    Richard O. Cannon III MD &  Stanley B. Benjamin MD

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Cannon, R.O., Benjamin, S.B. Chest pain as a consequence of abnormal visceral nociception. Digest Dis Sci 38, 193–196 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01307534

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