Endoluminal therapy for GERD: the beginning, but will it be a reality?

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Desmond H Birkett. Curr Surg. 2005 Jul-Aug.

. 2005 Jul-Aug;62(4):382-7.

doi: 10.1016/j.cursur.2004.12.003.

¹ Department of General Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA.

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