Esophageal disease and testing

Esophageal Disease and Testing

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-193

  Bremner, Cedric G ^a   Demeester, Tom R ^a   Huprich, James E ^b   Bremner, Ross M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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