Review for 10.1186/s12876-017-0675-9 (2017)

Reviewer ’s report  
 
Title: A non -interventional, observational study of a fixed combination of peps in and amino acid  
hydrochloride in patients with functional dyspepsia  
 
Version: 0 Date: 29 Aug 2017  
 
Reviewer: Quadri Alabi  
 
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No 
 
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