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Original Paper

Abdominal complaints in general practice
Diagnoses and characteristics of patients

Per Olav Vandvik Department of Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Health Authority, Gjøvik, Norway
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Pål Kristensen Ranheim Medical Centre, Trondheim, Norway
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Lars Aabakken Department of Medicine, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Per G. Farup Department of Medicine, Innlandet Hospital Health Authority, Gjøvik, Norway; Unit for Applied Clinical Research, NTNU, Trondheim, NorwayCorrespondenceper.vandvik@ start.no
Pages 157-162 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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