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  1. Grace Lai-Hung Wong,
  2. Vincent Wai-Sun Wong,
  3. Henry Lik-Yuen Chan
  1. Institute of Digestive Disease and Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong SAR, China
  1. Correspondence to Dr Henry LY Chan, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 9/F Prince of Wales Hospital, 30–32 Ngan Shing Street, Shatin, Hong Kong, China; hlychan{at}cuhk.edu.hk

https://doi.org/10.1136/gut.2009.206177

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