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Mittal (medicine, U. of California, San Diego) compiles 14 articles that discuss heartburn and esophageal pain. Gastroenterology specialists from the US, Europe, and Australia cover the nature of the pain, stimuli and biomechanics, peripheral and central mechanisms of sensitivity, and diagnosis and management, including new drugs. This includes discussion of functional heartburn, pain receptors, neutral reflux in typical and atypical GERD symptoms, and molecular pathways and cortical processing. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)