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Aram Yang1, Ben Kang2, Jae Young Choe2

  • 1Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
|October 14, 2017
PubMed
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EndoscopyGastroesophageal refluxPediatricsPrevalenceRisk factorsgastrointestinal

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