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¹Gastroenterologie/Diabetologie/Ernährungsmedizin, St. Elisabethen-Krankenhaus der Katharina Kasper Kliniken, Lehrkrankenhaus der J. W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Ginnheimer Str. 3, 60487 Frankfurt/Main. J.Stein@em.uni-frankfurt.de.

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