Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 26-27 , January 2008

Removable endoprosthetics in the management of esophageal pathology: all strictures and fistulae are not created equal…

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doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2007.08.033

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 26-27 , January 2008

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