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  1. Charles H Knowles1,
  2. Roberto De Giorgio2 on behalf of the IWG
  1. 1Neurogastroenterology Group, Centre for digestive diseases, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Science, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK
  2. 2Department of Clinical Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Charles H Knowles, Neurogastroenterology Group, Centre for digestive diseases, Institute of Cellular and Molecular Science, Barts and the London, Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, London E1 2AN, UK; c.h.knowles{at}qmul.ac.uk

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