Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 3, Part 1 , Pages 551-553 , March 2009

Water-assisted unsedated colonoscopy: does the end justify the means?

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doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.10.045

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Volume 69, Issue 3, Part 1 , Pages 551-553 , March 2009

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