Surgery
Volume 145, Issue 5 , Pages 476-485 , May 2009

Electrophysiologic, morphologic, and serologic features of chronic unexplained nausea and vomiting: Lessons learned from 121 consecutive patients

  • Thomas L. Abell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Thomas L. Abell, MD, Division of Digestive Diseases, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216.
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  • Babajide Familoni, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department Electrical Engineering, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
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  • Guy Voeller, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee-Memphis, Memphis, TN
    • ,
  • Robert Werkman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Penn State University, Hershey, PA
    • ,
  • Pat Dean, MD

      Affiliations

    • GI Pathology Partners, Memphis, TN
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  • Bradford Waters, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee-Memphis, Memphis, TN
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  • David Smalley, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Tennessee-Memphis, Memphis, TN
    • ,
  • J.R. Salameh, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Georgetown University, Washington, DC

,Accepted 16 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2008.12.006

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