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. 2000 Dec;47(Suppl 4):iv73–iv75. doi: 10.1136/gut.47.suppl_4.iv73

The role of psychosocial factors in gastrointestinal disorders

I Wilhelmsen
PMCID: PMC1766823  PMID: 11076923

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