Dyspepsia in the Middle Ages: A reference in Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron (14th century AD)?

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Francesco Maria Galassi
Giovanni Spani
Michael Papio
Fabrizio Toscano
Marco Artico
Elena Varotto

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dyspepsia; clinical history; history of medicine; Middle Ages

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Galassi FM, Spani G, Papio M, Toscano F, Artico M, Varotto E. Dyspepsia in the Middle Ages: A reference in Giovanni Boccaccio’s Decameron (14th century AD)?. Acta Biomed [Internet]. [cited 2023 Sep. 25];94(6):e2023237. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/15137
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Vol. 94 No. 6 (2023)
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Letters to the Editor and Correspondence
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