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In support of the clinical usefulness of lower esophageal sphincter pressure determination

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  1. George W. Meyer MD

    Present address: Department of Medicine, USAF Medical Center/SGHM, Wright Patterson AFB, 45433, Ohio

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  1. Digestive Diseases Division, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, 20014, Maryland, Bethesda

    Donald O. Castell MD

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Meyer, G.W., Castell, D.O. In support of the clinical usefulness of lower esophageal sphincter pressure determination. Digest Dis Sci 26, 1028–1031 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01314768

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