High-Resolution Manometry for Assessing Hiatal Hernia in a Patient With Severe Reflux Esophagitis
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CC This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons. org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. *Correspondence: Yu Kyung Cho, MD Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, 505 Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-070, Korea Tel: +82-2-2258-6024, Fax: +82-2-2258-2055, E-mail: [email protected] Financial support: None. Conflicts of interest: None. High-Resolution Manometry for Assessing Hiatal Hernia in a Patient With Severe Reflux Esophagitis
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