Functional vomiting disorders in infancy: Innocent vomiting, nervous vomiting, and infant rumination syndrome
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Pediatrics
سال: 1994
ISSN: 0022-3476
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3476(05)82931-2