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World Gastroenterology Organisation Global Guidelines: GERD Global Perspective on Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.

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A century ago, Elie Metchnikoff postulated that lactic acid bacteria offered health benefits capable of promoting longevity and suggested that “intestinal autoint” bacteria should be studied.
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PROBIOTICS—THE CONCEPTHistory and DefinitionsA century ago, Elie Metchnikoff (a Russian scientist, Nobel laureate, and professor at the Pasteur Institute in Paris) postulated that lactic acid bacteria (LAB) offered health benefits capable of promoting longevity. He suggested that “intestinal autoint

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Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 in Liver Diseases: A Novel Therapeutic Target

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Bifidobacteria and Their Health-Promoting Effects.

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Use of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and dipstick assay for detection of Strongyloides stercoralis infection in humans.

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Symptom evaluation in reflux disease: workshop background, processes, terminology, recommendations, and discussion outputs.

TL;DR: A two-day international multidisciplinary workshop was held in Marrakech, Morocco, in September 2002 to address these issues as discussed by the authors, which critically reviewed the data regarding the reliability, processes, and priorities for symptom evaluation in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease patients.
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