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Efficacy of empiric esophageal dilation in patients with non-obstructive dysphagia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Faisal Kamala Division of Gastroenterology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Muhammad Ali Khanb Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Wade Lee-Smithc Mulford Health Sciences Library, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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Sachit Sharmad Department of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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Dawit Jowhare Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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Umer Farooqf Department of Medicine, Loyola Medicine/MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, IL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8272-0172
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Ashu Acharyad Department of Medicine, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, USA
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Abdul Kouandaa Division of Gastroenterology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Zaid Imamg Division of Gastroenterology, William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3030-6188
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Nazneen Ahmedh Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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Collin Henrye Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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Nasir Saleemh Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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Craig Munroea Division of Gastroenterology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Colin W. Howdenh Division of Gastroenterology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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Pages 1490-1495 | Received 22 Jul 2021, Accepted 17 Aug 2021, Published online: 03 Sep 2021

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