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Letter to the Editor: Acid Reflux or Non-acid Reflux?

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  1. Digestive Department of the Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266005, Shandong, China

    Yushuang Xu & Cuiping Zhang

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Xu, Y., Zhang, C. Letter to the Editor: Acid Reflux or Non-acid Reflux?. Dig Dis Sci 63, 3518–3519 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10620-018-5293-z

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