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The relationship between the prevalence of nighttime gastroesophageal reflux disease and disease severity

Bonnie B Dean1, Daniel Aguilar, Lawrence F Johnson

  • 1Cerner LifeSciences, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 655 East Tower, Beverly Hills, CA, 90212, USA. bdean@cerner.com

Digestive Diseases and Sciences
|August 21, 2009
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