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International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology & Pharmacotherapy Volume 1 (2016), Article ID 1:IJCPP-116, 6 pages
https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3501/2016/116
Research Article
Does Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) have an Effect in the Treatment of Patients Suffering from Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)?

Kjell E. Bjørnæs1, Ola Reiertsen2 and Stig Larsen3

1Nordic Osteopathic Research Institute, Box 23, 9501 Alta, Norway
2Department of Digestive Surgery, Akershus University Hospital, Sykehusveien 25,1478 Lørenskog, Norway
3Norwegian University of life sciences, Faculty of Veterinary medicineUllevålsveien 72, 0033 Oslo, Norway
Kjell Erling Bjørnæs, Nordic Osteopathic Research Institute, Box 23, N-9501, Alta, Norway, Tel: 0047 90916488, Fax: 004778445031; E-mail: kjellb@trollnet.no
25 May 2016; 15 September 2016; 17 September 2016
Bjørnæs KE, Reiertsen O, Larsen S (2016) Does Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) have an Effect in the Treatment of Patients Suffering from Gastro Esophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)?. Int J Clin Pharmacol Pharmacother 1: 116. doi: https://doi.org/10.15344/2456-3501/2016/116
© 2016 Bjørnæs et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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