Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 67, Issue 2 , Pages 287-294 , February 2008

Use of a magnetic sphincter for the treatment of GERD: a feasibility study

Received 27 April 2007 ,Accepted 2 July 2007.

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 Presented in part at Digestive Disease Week, May 21-24, 2006, Los Angeles, California.

PII: S0016-5107(07)02402-9

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.07.027

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
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