Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 170-173 , August 2002

Patient preferences for gender of endoscopists

Presented at the annual meeting Digestive Disease Week, May 20-23, 2001, Atlanta, Georgia (Gastrointest Endosc 2001;53:AB59).

Received 25 July 2001 ,Revised 19 September 2001 ,Accepted 28 December 2001.

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☆ Reprint requests: Shyam Varadarajulu, MD, 1833 D Villa Maison, Mount Pleasant, SC 29464.

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Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 56, Issue 2 , Pages 170-173 , August 2002

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