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Gastroesophageal disorders

This section concerns all clinical and basic science aspects of gastroesophageal disorders including but not limited to: prevention, diagnosis and management, as well as related molecular genetics and pathophysiology.

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  1. To compare the outcomes of submucosal tunneling endoscopic resection (STER) and submucosal excavation (ESE) for the treatment of submucosal tumors (SMTs) arising from the muscularis propria (MP) at the esophag...

    Authors: Hong-wei Xu, Qi Zhao, Shu-xia Yu, Ying Jiang, Jing-hua Hao and Bin Li

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:174

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  2. Intramural esophageal bronchogenic cyst is very rare. Surgical removal of the cysts is advised even the patients are asymptomatic, since the cyst can lead to complications, and there is a risk of malignant tra...

    Authors: Xun Yang, Ye Zong, Hai-Ying Zhao, Yong-Dong Wu and Ming Ji

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:155

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  3. This study aimed to understand the disease characteristics and treatment outcomes of Crohn’s disease (CD) in a real-world setting in China.

    Authors: Yue Li, Baili Chen, Xiang Gao, Naizhong Hu, Meifang Huang, Zhihua Ran, Zhanju Liu, Jie Zhong, Duowu Zou, Xiaoping Wu, Jianlin Ren, Jianqiu Sheng, Ping Zheng, Huahong Wang, Minhu Chen, Junrong Chen…

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:145

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  4. Individuals can be infected with multiple strains of Helicobacter pylori. However, the differences among co-infecting strains have not been well analyzed yet. This study aimed to investigate whether the virulence...

    Authors: Ji Won Seo, Jae Yong Park, Tae-Seop Shin and Jae Gyu Kim

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:140

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  5. Risk stratification for patients with nonvariceal upper gastrointestinal (NVUGI) bleeding is crucial for successful prognosis and treatment. Recently, the AIMS65 score has been used to predict mortality risk a...

    Authors: Min Seong Kim, Jeongmin Choi and Won Chang Shin

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:136

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  6. Eradicating Helicobacter pylori infection is clinically challenging, notably in cases with penicillin allergy. Cephalosporin could be used in lieu of amoxicillin to eradicate Helicobacter pylori. The current work...

    Authors: Zhiqiang Song, Wei Fu and Liya Zhou

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:132

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  7. The effect of laparoscopic fundoplication on reflux-related chronic cough is unpredictable, the aim of the study is to investigate the predictive effect of positive reflux-cough correlation on the resolution o...

    Authors: Dong Chen, Zhonggao Wang, Zhiwei Hu, Yan Liang, Fei Xiao and Jimin Wu

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:108

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  9. Our aim was to clarify the incidence of bowel obstruction associated with a feeding jejunostomy (BOFJ) after thoracoscopic esophagectomy and its association to characteristics and postoperative change in body ...

    Authors: Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Tsutomu Namikawa, Jun Iwabu, Sunao Uemura, Masaya Munekage, Keiichiro Yokota, Michiya Kobayashi and Kazuhiro Hanazaki

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:104

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  10. Aryl-hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) is a multiple ligand-activated transcription factor that has important roles in xenobiotic, physiological, or pathological functions. Transgenic mice systemically expressing con...

    Authors: Ai Dantsuka, Osamu Ichii, Annika Hanberg, Yaser Hosny Ali Elewa, Saori Otsuka-Kanazawa, Teppei Nakamura and Yasuhiro Kon

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:102

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  11. The outcomes of patients with refractory benign esophageal strictures (RBES) are unclear, and the clinical efficacy of dilation versus stent placement is lacking. Our objective was to explore the role of endos...

    Authors: Qing Lu, Hailin Yan, Yilan Wang, Tiantian Lei, Linlin Zhu, Hongsheng Ma and Jinlin Yang

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:95

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  13. Methotrexate-associated lymphoproliferative disorder (MTX-LPD) can present as a benign lymphoid proliferation or a malignant lymphoma in patients taking MTX. Almost 50% of MTX-LPD cases show spontaneous remiss...

    Authors: Haruka Toyonaga, Masashi Fukushima, Naoto Shimeno and Tetsuro Inokuma

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:62

    Content type: Case report

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  14. An altered Wnt-signaling activation has been reported during Barrett’s esophagus progression, but with rarely detected mutations in APC and β-catenin (CTNNB1) genes.

    Authors: Katharina Götzel, Olga Chemnitzer, Luisa Maurer, Arne Dietrich, Uwe Eichfeld, Orestis Lyros, Yusef Moulla, Stefan Niebisch, Matthias Mehdorn, Boris Jansen-Winkeln, Michael Vieth, Albrecht Hoffmeister, Ines Gockel and René Thieme

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:38

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  15. Endoscopic injection sclerotherapy (EIS) is a life-saving procedure for pediatric patients with bleeding gastric varices (GV) associated with advanced liver cirrhosis and severe portal hypertension. Because of...

    Authors: King-Wah Chiu, Ting-Lung Lin, Chee-Chien Yong, Chih-Che Lin, Yu-Fan Cheng and Chao-Long Chen

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:37

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  17. The prevalence rate of reflux esophagitis (RE) in Asia, including Taiwan, has increased dramatically in recent years. However, few studies have discussed on its relationship with metabolic syndrome (MetS). Thi...

    Authors: Yi-Hsuan Hsieh, Mei-Fong Wu, Pei-Yu Yang, Wei-Cheng Liao, Yao-Hsuan Hsieh, Yu-Jun Chang and I-Ching Lin

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:33

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  18. An elevation of serum inflammatory biomarkers in achalasia patients compared with controls recently was demonstrated. It has not been determined whether the elevation of inflammatory cytokines is unique to ach...

    Authors: Steven Clayton, Elliot Cauble, Ambuj Kumar, Nirav Patil, Dennis Ledford, Narasaiah Kolliputi, Maria F. Lopes-Virella, Donald Castell and Joel Richter

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:28

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  19. In adults, there is a consensus for standards to diagnose gastroparesis utilizing a gastric emptying study as the key diagnostic modality but there is no consensus for a standard in pediatrics. Additionally, s...

    Authors: Sarah Turnipseed Edwards, Jose Cocjin, Stephanie Bolger Theut, Douglas Rivard, Ashley K. Sherman and Craig A. Friesen

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:26

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  20. Although the incidence of early gastric cancer (EGC) continues to rise, there have been few studies on the intra-gastric distribution and locational characteristics of EGCs. In addition, there has been no atte...

    Authors: Kyungeun Kim, Younghye Cho, Jin Hee Sohn, Dong-Hoon Kim, In Gu Do, Hyun Joo Lee, Sung-Im Do, Sangjeong Ahn, Hyoun Wook Lee and Seoung Wan Chae

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:24

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  21. The management of acute esophageal variceal bleeding remains a clinical challenge. Band ligation is the main therapeutic option, but it may be technically difficult to perform in active bleeders. This may nece...

    Authors: Mohamed A. Elsebaey, Mohamed A. Tawfik, Sherif Ezzat, Amal Selim, Heba Elashry and Sherief Abd-Elsalam

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:23

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  22. Carcinomas of the small bowel are rare tumors usually with dismal prognosis. Most recently, some potentially treatable molecular alterations were described. We emphasize the growing evidence of individualized ...

    Authors: Alexander Quaas, Carina Heydt, Dirk Waldschmidt, Hakan Alakus, Thomas Zander, Tobias Goeser, Philipp Kasper, Christiane Bruns, Anna Brunn, Wilfried Roth, Nils Hartmann, Anne Bunck, Matthias Schmidt, Reinhard Buettner and Sabine Merkelbach-Bruse

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:21

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  23. This study assessed the feasibility and acceptability of two common types of exercise training—high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and moderate-intensity continuous training (MICT)—in adults with Crohn’s d...

    Authors: Garry A. Tew, Dean Leighton, Roger Carpenter, Simon Anderson, Louise Langmead, John Ramage, James Faulkner, Elizabeth Coleman, Caroline Fairhurst, Michael Seed and Lindsay Bottoms

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:19

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  24. The aim of this study was to identify the common H. pylori virulence genes among dyspeptic Southwestern Saudi patients and their association with clinical outcomes and histopathological findings to help practitio...

    Authors: Mohammed Akeel, Atef Shehata, Ahmed Elhafey, Erwa Elmakki, Thanaa Aboshouk, Hussein Ageely and Mohammed Mahfouz

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2019 19:16

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  25. Intramucosal, histologically mixed-type, low-grade (LG), well-differentiated gastric tubular adenocarcinomas (tub1s; LG-tub1s) have larger mean diameters and exhibit a higher frequency of the gastric mucin phe...

    Authors: Takashi Saitoh, Asako Takamura and Gen Watanabe

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:189

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  26. Gastric Cancer is highly prevalent and deadly worldwide. In Colombia, it is the most lethal form of cancer. Some single-nucleotide polymorphisms in IL-10, IL-4, and IL-4Rα genes have been associated with an an...

    Authors: Denny Miley Cárdenas, Angie Carolina Sánchez, Daris Angélica Rosas, Esmeralda Rivero, Massiel Dayana Paparoni, Mildred Andreína Cruz, Yeicy Paola Suárez and Nestor Fabián Galvis

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:184

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  27. Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is a form of cancer that easily aggress to contiguous structures. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2) are increased in majority species of cancers an...

    Authors: Manping Huang, Bin Huang, Guowen Li and Sainan Zeng

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:169

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  28. Endoscopic ultrasonography-guided fine-needle biopsy (EUS-FNB) may facilitate tissue acquisition for a definitive diagnosis of gastrointestinal subepithelial tumors (SETs). This study aimed to determine the di...

    Authors: Do Hoon Kim, Gwang Ha Kim, Chang Min Cho, Chang Hwan Park, Soo-Young Na, Tae Hyeon Kim, Yu Kyung Cho, Ji Hyun Kim and Dong-Wan Seo

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:151

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  29. Successful H. pylori treatment requires the knowledge of local antimicrobial resistance. Data on the efficacy of H. pylori eradication regimens available in sub-Saharan Africa are scant, hence the optimal treatme...

    Authors: Jean Damascene Kabakambira, Celestin Hategeka, Cameron Page, Cyprien Ntirenganya, Vincent Dusabejambo, Jules Ndoli, Francois Ngabonziza, DeVon Hale, Claude Bayingana and Tim Walker

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:134

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  30. Although many patients still have anxiety about upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy, there have been few reports on the influence of distractions for a person who is going to undergo upper GI endoscopy soon....

    Authors: Masahiro Sogabe, Toshiya Okahisa, Yuka Adachi, Masanori Takehara, Shinichi Hamada, Jun Okazaki, Yasuteru Fujino, Akira Fukuya, Kaizo Kagemoto, Akihiro Hirao, Koichi Okamoto, Masahiko Nakasono and Tetsuji Takayama

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:132

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  31. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) of the postoperative stomach (ESD-P) for early gastric cancer (EGC) is considered a technically difficult procedure. However, it is difficult to compare the outcomes of E...

    Authors: Mitsuru Esaki, Sho Suzuki, Yasuyo Hayashi, Azusa Yokoyama, Shuichi Abe, Taizo Hosokawa, Shinichi Tsuruta, Yosuke Minoda, Yoshitaka Hata, Haruei Ogino, Hirotada Akiho, Eikichi Ihara and Yoshihiro Ogawa

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:125

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  32. Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders worldwide, with relevant impact on the quality of life and health care costs.The aim of our study is to assess the pr...

    Authors: Irene Martinucci, Michela Natilli, Valentina Lorenzoni, Luca Pappalardo, Anna Monreale, Giuseppe Turchetti, Dino Pedreschi, Santino Marchi, Roberto Barale and Nicola de Bortoli

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:116

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  33. Malignant growth and metastasis of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) occur in some patients even during the course of treatment, but their mechanisms remains poorly understand at the molecular level so far.

    Authors: Chaoyong Shen, Yuan Yin, Huijiao Chen, Ruixue Wang, Xiaonan Yin, Zhaolun Cai, Bo Zhang, Zhixin Chen and Zongguang Zhou

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:105

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  35. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a relatively safe procedure; however, acute and chronic complications of PEG have been reported. We aimed to determine risk factors associated with complications an...

    Authors: Gyu Young Pih, Hee Kyong Na, Ji Yong Ahn, Kee Wook Jung, Do Hoon Kim, Jeong Hoon Lee, Kee Don Choi, Ho June Song, Gin Hyug Lee and Hwoon-Yong Jung

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:101

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  36. The classifications and counts of white blood cells (WBCs) have been proved to be able to be used as prognostic markers in cancer cases. The present study investigated the potential values of the classificatio...

    Authors: Yin-Ling Wang, Xin-Xin Ge, Yi Wang, Meng-Dan Xu, Fei-Ran Gong, Min Tao, Wen-Jie Wang, Liu-Mei Shou, Kai Chen, Meng-Yao Wu and Wei Li

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:99

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  37. Esophageal cancers accounted for nearly 16,000 deaths in 2016. The number of patients with esophageal cancers increases every year. Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT) prior to esophagectomy is a standard tre...

    Authors: R. Taylor Ripley, Deborah R. Surman, Laurence P. Diggs, Jane B. Trepel, Min-Jung Lee, Jeremy Ryan, Jeremy L. Davis, Seth M. Steinberg, Jonathan M. Hernandez, Choung Hoang, Cara M. Kenney, Colleen D. Bond, Tricia F. Kunst, Anthony Letai and David S. Schrump

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:94

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  38. Submucosal hematoma has never been associated with caustic injuries. Long-term follow-up of patients who ingested ammonia is not well known and ammonia ingestion is rare.

    Authors: Moana Gelu-Simeon, Anh-Phuc Chuong, Faouzi Saliba, Guillaume Thiery, Marc Laurent, Claire Vilain, Marius Borel, Leonardo Amaral, Marceline Alexis, Georgette Saint-Georges and Eric Saillard

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:92

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  39. Gastric carcinoma is a malignant disease, and gastric adenocarcinoma (GAC) is the most common histological type. Molecular profiling of GAC has been extensively performed, but few have focused on the clinical ...

    Authors: Dongya Wang, Haige Zhu, Meng Guo, Xiaotong Fan, Shuangshuang Hu, Kemin Yan, Jia Sun, Jiaojiao Wang, Miaomiao Li, Haijuan Xiao and Zhiguo Liu

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:81

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  40. Inflammatory fibroid polyps (IFPs) are rare mesenchymal lesions that affect the gastrointestinal tract. IFPs are generally considered benign, noninvasive lesions; however, we report a case of an invasive gastr...

    Authors: Hirofumi Harima, Tokuhiro Kimura, Kouichi Hamabe, Fusako Hisano, Yuko Matsuzaki, Kazutoshi Sanuki, Tadahiko Itoh, Kohsuke Tada and Isao Sakaida

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:74

    Content type: Case report

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  41. A two-week course of therapy with an over-the-counter proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) is recommended for frequent heartburn. Limited research has been conducted on the sustained efficacy of short-term PPI therapy ...

    Authors: David A. Peura, Anne Le Moigne, Heather Wassel and Charles Pollack

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:69

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  42. Corrosive esophageal strictures are common. The severity of the strictures depends on type, quantity, duration of contact and concentration of the caustic substance ingested. Endoscopic balloon dilation and en...

    Authors: C. Gambardella, A. Allaria, G. Siciliano, C. Mauriello, R. Patrone, N. Avenia, A. Polistena, A. Sanguinetti, S. Napolitano and G. Conzo

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:68

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  43. We aim to investigate factors that may contribute to failure of eradication of dysplastic Barrett’s Esophagus among patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation treatment.

    Authors: Tyler Luckett, Chaitanya Allamneni, Kevin Cowley, John Eick, Allison Gullick and Shajan Peter

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:67

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  44. Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection can induce individual inflammatory and immune reactions which associated with extra-digestive disorders. Our aim is to investigate the association between H. pylori infec...

    Authors: Bo-Lin Pan, Chih-Fang Huang, Seng-Kee Chuah, Jui-Chin Chiang and Song-Seng Loke

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:54

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  45. Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) constitutes a heterogenous group of rare multisystem genetically transmitted disorders comprising several blistering muco-cutaneous diseases with a monogenic basis and either autosom...

    Authors: Agata Michalak, Halina Cichoż-Lach, Beata Prozorow-Król, Leszek Buk and Monika Dzida

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:47

    Content type: Case report

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  46. Bleeding after endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) in antithrombotic drug users is still one of the important issues to be solved. We performed scheduled second-look endoscopy (SLE) 5 days after ESD, when t...

    Authors: Koichi Izumikawa, Masaya Iwamuro, Tomoki Inaba, Shigenao Ishikawa, Kenji Kuwaki, Ichiro Sakakihara, Kumiko Yamamoto, Sakuma Takahashi, Shigetomi Tanaka, Masaki Wato and Hiroyuki Okada

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:46

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  47. For patients with advanced gastric cancer (AGC), second-line chemotherapy regimen remains controversial. The efficacy and safety of irinotecan-containing doublet treatment and irinotecan monotherapy were compa...

    Authors: Liuting Yang, Xiaoyue Jiang, Han Yan, Yingying Li, Hongchao Zhen, Bingmei Chang, Seyed Kariminia and Qin Li

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:43

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  48. Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a standard treatment for early gastric cancer. A new multi-functional ESD device was developed to achieve complete ESD with a single device. A metal plate attached to ...

    Authors: Mitsuru Esaki, Sho Suzuki, Yasuyo Hayashi, Azusa Yokoyama, Shuichi Abe, Taizo Hosokawa, Haruei Ogino, Hirotada Akiho, Eikichi Ihara and Yoshihiro Ogawa

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:35

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  49. The gastric microbiota has recently been implicated in the causation of organic/structural gastroduodenal diseases (gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastric cancer) in patients with Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in...

    Authors: Verima Pereira, Philip Abraham, Sivaramaiah Nallapeta and Anjali Shetty

    Citation: BMC Gastroenterology 2018 18:20

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