Complementary and Alternative Therapies for Functional Gastrointestinal Diseases

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.

Jiande D Z Chen et al. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015.

. 2015:2015:138645.

doi: 10.1155/2015/138645. Epub 2015 May 4.

¹ Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
² Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Union Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.

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