ESOPHAGEAL MOTILITY CHANGES IN ASYMPTOMATIC OR SYMPTOMATIC ELDERLY PATIENTS.

Gastroenterol Nurs

Levent Filik, is Associate Professor of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology Clinic, Ankara Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.

Published: September 2017

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