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World J Gastroenterol. Aug 28, 2012; 18(32): 4371-4378
Published online Aug 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i32.4371
Published online Aug 28, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i32.4371
Alginate controls heartburn in patients with erosive and nonerosive reflux disease
Edoardo Savarino, Patrizia Zentilin, Luca Bruzzone, Manuele Furnari, Vincenzo Savarino, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, 16126 Genoa, Italy
Edoardo Savarino, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, 35128 Padua, Italy
Nicola de Bortoli, Irene Martinucci, Santino Marchi, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pisa, 56100 Pisa, Italy
Author contributions: Savarino E and de Bortoli N designed the study, collected and analyzed the data, wrote the manuscript, approved final version; Zentilin P, Martinucci I, Bruzzone L and Furnari M collected data and approved the final version; Marchi S wrote the manuscript and approved the final version; Savarino V designed the study, wrote the manuscript and approved the final version.
Correspondence to: Edoardo Savarino, MD, PhD, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Surgical, Oncological and Gastroenterological Sciences, University of Padua, Viale Giustiniani 2, 35128 Padua, Italy. edoardo.savarino@gmail.com
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Received: June 5, 2012
Revised: July 27, 2012
Accepted: August 15, 2012
Published online: August 28, 2012
Revised: July 27, 2012
Accepted: August 15, 2012
Published online: August 28, 2012
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