Are there any differences between nutcracker esophagus with and without reflux?

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Published in Dysphagia on April 25, 2007

Authors

Luiz Filipe Duarte Silva1, Eponina Maria de Oliveira Lemme

Author Affiliations

1: Gastroenterology Division, University Hospital Clementino Fraga Filho, Medicine Faculty, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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